"The Raven"

Nevermore will you think of a raven the same way again after reading Edgar Allan Poe's poem.

Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 7 Unit 4's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, maggie and milly and molly and may, Mother to Son, Haikus, It Happened in Montgomery, Monologues, The Raven, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Casey at the Bat, Outlaws and Highwaymen, The Highwayman, We Wear the Mask, Twelfth Night
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  1. surcease
    a stopping
    Eagerly I wished the morrow;--vainly I had sought to borrow
    From my books surcease of sorrow--sorrow for the lost Lenore--
  2. entreat
    ask for or request earnestly
    'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door--
    Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door
  3. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
    "Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore
  4. obeisance
    bending the head or body in reverence or submission
    In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
    Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he
  5. mien
    a person's appearance, manner, or demeanor
    But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door
  6. Pallas
    goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare
    Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door
  7. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
    Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
    By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore
  8. craven
    an abject coward
    "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven
  9. Plutonian
    of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus
    Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
  10. burden
    the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
    "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store
    Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
    Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore
  11. betake oneself
    displace oneself; go from one location to another
    Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
    Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore
  12. divine
    perceive through some inexplicable perceptive powers
    This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
  13. censer
    a container for burning incense
    Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
  14. seraph
    an angel of the first order
    Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor
  15. respite
    a relief from harm or discomfort
    "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee--by these angels he hath sent thee
    Respite--respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore
  16. balm
    preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing
    Is there--is there balm in Gilead?
  17. prophet
    someone who speaks by divine inspiration
    "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil--prophet still, if bird or devil!
  18. Eden
    a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
    Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
    It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore
  19. tempest
    a strong storm with violent winds
    Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
  20. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
    And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
    On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door
Created on Mon Sep 15 09:09:17 EDT 2014 (updated Mon Sep 15 17:34:56 EDT 2014)

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