The Raven Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/raven/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Raven Group at eNotes. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:04:28 en-us <![CDATA[The lovesick and heartbroken poet asks (both directly and indirectly) a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-does-speaker-ask-raven-123041 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-does-speaker-ask-raven-123041 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:04:28 PST <![CDATA[What, besides Lenore, does the speaker ask the raven in Edgar Allen...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-does-speaker-ask-raven-123041 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-does-speaker-ask-raven-123041 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:35:45 PST <![CDATA[Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December This is the first...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-month-does-raven-by-edger-allan-poe-take-116009 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-month-does-raven-by-edger-allan-poe-take-116009 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:02:24 PST <![CDATA[What month does "The Raven" by Edger Allan Poe take place?]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-month-does-raven-by-edger-allan-poe-take-116009 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-month-does-raven-by-edger-allan-poe-take-116009 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:57:58 PST <![CDATA[ But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling, Straight I...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-literary-elements-12th-stanza-raven-115179 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-literary-elements-12th-stanza-raven-115179 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:45:32 PST <![CDATA[What are the literary elements in the 12th stanza of "The Raven"]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-literary-elements-12th-stanza-raven-115179 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-literary-elements-12th-stanza-raven-115179 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:06:22 PST <![CDATA[What is the historcial connection between Poe and The Raven, The month...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-historcial-connection-between-poe-raven-month-114353 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-historcial-connection-between-poe-raven-month-114353 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:37:44 PST <![CDATA[In stanza 12, of Poe's poem "The Raven," the raven does not actually say...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/wat-does-raven-mean-stanza-12-when-he-says-111253 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/wat-does-raven-mean-stanza-12-when-he-says-111253 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:19:36 PST <![CDATA[What does the raven mean in stanza 12 when he says "nevermore?"  ]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/wat-does-raven-mean-stanza-12-when-he-says-111253 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/wat-does-raven-mean-stanza-12-when-he-says-111253 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:12:39 PST <![CDATA[He asks the raven if there is a balm in Gilead. This is a Biblical...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/near-end-pome-narritor-asks-raven-2-questions-95763 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/near-end-pome-narritor-asks-raven-2-questions-95763 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:01:28 PST <![CDATA[Alliteration is the repetition of the initial sound of words, like...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-words-have-sound-that-reflects-reinforces-109685 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-words-have-sound-that-reflects-reinforces-109685 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:46:41 PST <![CDATA[As this is English, it does not need to be translated, but I will reword...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/how-do-you-translate-9th-stanza-raven-109871 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/how-do-you-translate-9th-stanza-raven-109871 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:51:06 PST <![CDATA[In "The Raven," by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator's soul is trapped in...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/where-raven-speakers-soul-trapped-109929 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/where-raven-speakers-soul-trapped-109929 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:26:49 PST <![CDATA[In "The Raven," where is the narrator's soul trapped?]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/where-raven-speakers-soul-trapped-109929 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/where-raven-speakers-soul-trapped-109929 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:03:26 PST <![CDATA[How do you translate the 9th stanza of The Raven?]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/how-do-you-translate-9th-stanza-raven-109871 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/how-do-you-translate-9th-stanza-raven-109871 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:53:26 PST <![CDATA[The narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" does indeed go...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/does-speaker-seem-change-poem-how-would-you-109689 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/does-speaker-seem-change-poem-how-would-you-109689 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:50:45 PST <![CDATA[Does the speaker seem to change in "The Raven"? If so, how would you...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/does-speaker-seem-change-poem-how-would-you-109689 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/does-speaker-seem-change-poem-how-would-you-109689 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:13:33 PST <![CDATA[What words in the poem have sound that reflects and reinforces...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-words-have-sound-that-reflects-reinforces-109685 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/what-words-have-sound-that-reflects-reinforces-109685 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:06:03 PST <![CDATA[The speaker's "pleasure" in waiting for the raven's answer is present...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/why-does-speaker-find-pleasure-anticipating-ravens-109497 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/why-does-speaker-find-pleasure-anticipating-ravens-109497 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:56:44 PST <![CDATA[Why does the speaker find "pleasure" in anticipating the raven's answer?...]]> http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/why-does-speaker-find-pleasure-anticipating-ravens-109497 http://www.enotes.com/raven/q-and-a/why-does-speaker-find-pleasure-anticipating-ravens-109497 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:59:05 PST