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language and imagery in very powerful ways that illicit a sense of fear or foreboding in the reader. While he utilized many different literary devices in his poem, and his
work, it is perhaps most obvious that he utilized refrain in this poem. The following paper examines the use of refrain in Poes poem. Refrain in Edgar Allen
Poes The Raven Refrain can often be explained as being similar to the chorus in a song. It is the use of the same words in a sort of organized
format that repeats itself and thus further enhances the images being presented. In Poes poem there are many such refrains. Every single one of the stanzas in this poem
has a refrain, and combined all of the refrains rhyme with one another. The first stanza has the word "door" and the second has "Lenore." Throughout the poem there are
also the words "explore," "shore," "before," "bore," "yore," "oer," "implore," and then lastly "floor." Each stanza consists of 6 lines and the repetitive words presented are repeated in the fourth
and fifth lines of each poem. These repetitive words, and lines, are then followed by the sixth line. Every sixth line is incredibly similar to the next sixth line, and
often in possession of the same last word. For example, the fourth stanza ends with "This it is, and nothing more" and then the fifth stanza ends with the line,
"Darkness there, and nothing more" (Poe 18, 24). While every stanza has a different beginning, the last three lines are incredibly repetitive and very much demonstrate the use of
refrain at the end of every stanza. For example, the first stanza possesses the following last three lines: "As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door/ `Tis
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