| 1. "The Raven" caused a sensation when it was first published in 1845. What explains its popularity, do you think?
2. The italicized introductory note explains the metrical innovation of the poem. What does this introduction say about the meter, particularly in regard to the second line in most verses? Give examples.
3. What evidence do you find that the persona of the poem is highly impressionable and perhaps not so objective a narrator?
4. What do you think the raven represents? Why?
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