Question

What is one way in which Edgar Allan Poe creates a unity of effect of melancholy in "The Raven"?

A. With the repeated symbol of a dying fire
B. With the pictures of Lenore on the wall
C. With the repetition of "nevermore"
D. With the bird's comical entrance

Answer 1

One way in which Edgar Allan Poe creates a unity of effect of melancholy in "The Raven" is With the repetition of "nevermore"

Explanation:

The poem is constructed in many aspects to generate contrast between light and darkness and at the end to leave in the reader a feeling of melancholy and sadness, the word nevermore was used in the base of its phonetic effect trough the sound of the letter o and r the same as in the name Lenore. This creates a melancholic echo in remembrance of the deceased