Introduction to mystery and
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in this stanza, the poet uses imagery that appeals to the
reader's senses of
read this stanza from "the raven."
then the ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
by the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," i said, "art
sure no craven,
ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly
sight and sound.
smell and taste.
sight and touch.
sound and touch.
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shore-
tell me what thy lordly name is on the night's plutonian
shore! "
quoth the raven, "nevermore."
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