'The Raven' poem
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‘The Raven’ poem by Edgar Allan Poe: Free, printable PDF of the complete Gothic narrative poem (1845) for secondary English classrooms.
What's included
- Full text of 'The Raven' poem for student analysis and annotation
- Perfect for exploring Poe's Gothic techniques, including the ABCBBB rhyme scheme and alliteration
- Ideal for KS3 and GCSE English Literature teaching
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How to use this resource
Students can annotate this version of the poem, working individually or in groups to analyse different stanzas. Focus on Poe's compelling poetic techniques and his use of Gothic vocabulary and emotive, sensory diction that create the chilling atmosphere.
For a creative consolidation activity, have students create storyboards for each stanza to visualise the narrative progression of 'The Raven' poem.
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Example stanzas from this extraordinary Gothic poem:
Once Upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door -
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “Tapping at my chamber door
Only this and nothing more.”
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;- vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow- sorrow for the lost Lenore
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore
Nameless here for evermore.
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;-
This it is and nothing more. “
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