List of 27 Examples of Alliteration in 'The Raven'
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Edgar Allen Poe used many techniques to produce prose and poetry that captured the popular imagination, including alliteration. For examples, see this list of alliterations in The Raven.
| "Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust" |
| "burden bore" |
| "Deep into that darkness" |
| "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream" |
| "filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before" |
| "flirt and flutter" |
| "floating on the floor" |
| "Followed fast and followed faster" |
| "friends have flown" |
| "Ghastly grim" |
| "grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt" |
| "lord or lady" |
| "nodded, nearly napping" |
| "rare and radiant" |
| "shorn and shaven" |
| "silken, sad" |
| "soul grew stronger" |
| "soul with sorrow" |
| "Startled at the stillness" |
| "stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days" |
| "still is sitting" |
| "stock and store" |
| "stopped or stayed" |
| "surcease of sorrow—sorrow" |
| "Swung by Seraphim" |
| "tapping, tapping" |
| "weak and weary" |
