ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -What are some examples of personification in “The Raven?” Several non-human elements of the poem are personified. These include the fire embers, the lamplight, the curtains, and the raven itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -The rhyme scheme is ABCBBB, and the B rhyme is always an “or” sound (Lenore, door, nevermore, etc.). Most lines use trochaic octameter, which is eight metrical feet (sixteen syllables) that follow the pattern of stressed then unstressed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Personification in “The Tell-Tale Heart" The narrator says, “Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim.” In this example, Poe personifies death as a moving creature in order to convey how the narrator suffers from fear and is overwhelmed by a sense of terror.

Detailed explanation-4: -The titular raven in Poe’s poem The Raven is personified, not anthropomorphized, because the poem’s narrator is the one assigning it humanlike traits by “hearing” its speech, rather than the raven itself being a talking bird. Basically, if the humanlike traits are figurative, it’s personification.