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__The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe__ Defining the Raven: a part of Lenore’s soul that is telling him to let her go; he is never going to see her again. (“nevermore” from the poem)

Crest:  comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.

Craven:  a cowardly person

Plutonian:  pertaining to the classical underworld

Pallas: a sculpture that is placed above his chamber door; the bust was of Athena

 Disaster: the death was the disaster and it was so bad that it was unbearable during the time that Lenore(virginia) was dying

Hope: In christianity, Hope is the virtue of a difficult but not impossible search for future good with Gods help.

Dirges: a piece of music expressing sadness for someone death; "the song to the death of his hope" as stated in the poem

Censer: container in which incence is burned; something is burning and they can smell it but cannot see anything
 * night’s plutonian shore
 * the raven is a bird from hell
 * the bird is from hell, and Lenore is part of the bird, which means that Lenore is from Hell. It is possible that Lenore may have killed herself to get out of the agonizing pain that she was in while dying, and this means that she went to Hell for sure and she knows that she will never see him again because he is a good man who will definitely be going to heaven.

crest of a bird

bust of Pallas, also known as Athena

censor that holds burning incense


 * By: Nada Botros, Kat Schmidt, Hannah Koniar**