Question

Throughout the poem, many words are repeated (ex: chamber, sorrow, Nevermore,

Lenore). Why does Poe do this? What type of effect does it have on the reader? (Poem “the raven” by Edgar Allan Poe)
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Answer 1

To put emphasis on the MC’s (main character) madness, and to create more suspense. The repetition emphasizes the madman narrator’s deteriorating mind.