So you’re going to teach Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven." This classic poem has been a mainstay in English classes for generations. Whether it’s the first time or the hundredth time you escort students through the text, some teaching tips will help ensure that the experience is rewarding for everyone, including you. Teaching “The Raven,” especially from a new perspective, will give students insight into Poe as a poet, as well as a literary critic, and help them develop an appreciation for the artistry in the text. This guide highlights the text’s most salient aspects to keep in mind before you begin teaching.
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Facts at a Glance
- Publication Date: 1845
- Recommended Grade Level: 6 and up
- Approximate Word Count: 1,100
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Country of Origin: United States of America
- Genre: Narrative Poetry, Lyric Ballad, Gothic Fiction
- Literary Period: 19th-Century Romanticism
- Conflict: Person vs. Supernatural, Person vs. Self
- Narration: First-Person
- Setting: Mansion, December, Unknown Year
- Structure: Trochaic Octameter, ABCBBB Rhyme Scheme
- Mood: Eerie, Sorrowful
Texts That Go Well With "The Raven"
“Annabel Lee” is another poem by Edgar Allan Poe that concerns the death of a beautiful young woman. Similarly to “The Raven,” “Annabel Lee” is lilting and sorrowful with an emphasis on repetition. The final poem completed before his death, Poe’s fascination with the melancholy endured throughout his life.
“Because I could not stop for Death” is a lyrical poem by Emily Dickinson. Dickinson’s narrator meets a personified version a death: a man riding in a carriage. Though the style of the poem differs from Poe, readers will find similar themes of the incarnate supernatural and psychological exploration.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a novel published at the height of the literary Romantic movement in 1818. Shelley’s depiction of a monstrous creature made from stitched together body parts has captivated the world, surviving in popular culture in many iterations. Its chilling depiction of science and the supernatural continues to resonate with readers throughout the ages.
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It tells the story of a sailor who is eternally cursed by spirits after killing an albatross who led his ship to safety. Published about fifty years prior to “The Raven,” supernatural elements dominate the sailor’s narrative, perhaps providing inspiration to Poe in his own composition.
Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë, one of the three famous Brontë sisters. Through diary entries and first-person narration, readers track the rise and desperate fall of Heathcliff, an English orphan. Following the death of his love, Catherine, Heathcliff’s attempts to take revenge on those who have wronged him, and his desire to see Catherine again, lead to a worsening mental state and a compelling portrait of psychological anguish.
Kwa hiyo utafundisha kitabu cha Edgar Allan Poe "The Raven". Shairi hili la kawaida limekuwa nguzo kuu katika madarasa ya Kiingereza kwa vizazi vingi. Kama ni mara ya kwanza au mara ya mia wewe kusindikiza wanafunzi kupitia maandishi, baadhi ya mafundisho ya vidokezo itasaidia kuhakikisha kwamba uzoefu ni thawabu kwa kila mtu, ikiwa ni pamoja na wewe. Kufundisha <unk>The Raven,<unk> hasa kutoka mtazamo mpya, itawapa wanafunzi ufahamu wa Poe kama mshairi, pamoja na mkosoaji wa fasihi, na kuwasaidia kuendeleza uthamini kwa sanaa katika maandishi. Mwongozo huu unaangazia mambo muhimu zaidi ya maandishi ambayo unapaswa kukumbuka kabla ya kuanza kufundisha. Kumbuka: Maudhui haya yanapatikana kwa Wanachama wa Walimu katika pdf rahisi, iliyoundwa. "Kama ilivyoelezwa katika makala ya kwanza ya kitabu cha ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday,"" ""Monday."""Monday.""" Sawa na <unk>The Raven,<unk> <unk>Annabel Lee<unk> ni lilting na huzuni na msisitizo juu ya marudio. Shairi la mwisho lililokamilishwa kabla ya kifo chake, shauku ya Poe kwa huzuni ilidumu maisha yake yote. "Kwa sababu sikuweza kuacha kwa ajili ya Kifo" ni shairi la wimbo na Emily Dickinson. Msimuliaji wa Dickinson hukutana na toleo la mtu wa kifo: mtu anayepanda gari. Ingawa mtindo wa shairi hutofautiana na Poe, wasomaji watapata mandhari sawa ya uvumbuzi wa kiasili na kisaikolojia. Frankenstein ni riwaya ya Mary Shelley iliyoandikwa na mwandishi wa Kiingereza na kuchapishwa mnamo 1818 wakati wa kipindi cha Romanticism. Mchoro wa Shelley wa kiumbe wa ajabu aliyefanyizwa kwa sehemu za mwili zilizoshonwa pamoja umevutia ulimwengu, ukiendelea kuishi katika utamaduni maarufu katika marekebisho mengi. Maonyesho yake yenye kuogopesha ya sayansi na mambo ya kimuujiza yanaendelea kuvutia wasomaji kwa muda mrefu. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" ni shairi la Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Ni hadithi ya baharia ambaye ana laana ya milele na roho baada ya kuua albatros ambaye aliongoza meli yake kwa usalama. Ilichapishwa miaka hamsini kabla ya <unk>The Raven,<unk> mambo ya ajabu kutawala hadithi ya baharia, labda kutoa msukumo kwa Poe katika utungaji wake mwenyewe. Wuthering Heights ni riwaya ya Emily Brontë, mmoja wa dada watatu maarufu wa Brontë. Kupitia maandishi ya kitabu cha kumbukumbu na hadithi ya mtu wa kwanza, wasomaji hufuatilia kuongezeka na kuanguka kwa tamaa ya Heathcliff, yatima wa Kiingereza. Baada ya kifo cha mpenzi wake, Catherine, jitihada za Heathcliff za kulipiza kisasi kwa wale waliomdhuru, na hamu yake ya kumwona Catherine tena, husababisha hali mbaya ya akili na picha ya kukata tamaa ya kisaikolojia.