What does the word "nevermore" represent in “The Raven?”: a. internal rhyme b. alliteration c. a refrain d. paradise

Although Edgar Allen Poe does use internal rhyme and alliteration in the poem “The Raven,” the word “nevermore” is a refrain. The word is repeated eleven times in the latter stanzas of the poem. Each time the desperate lover questions the Raven, it answers “Nevermore.” The man knows what the answer will be, but he tortures himself by asking questions about his lost love and if he will ever find solace. Poe uses the refrain...

Although Edgar Allen Poe does use internal rhyme and alliteration in the poem “The Raven,” the word “nevermore” is a refrain. The word is repeated eleven times in the latter stanzas of the poem. Each time the desperate lover questions the Raven, it answers “Nevermore.” The man knows what the answer will be, but he tortures himself by asking questions about his lost love and if he will ever find solace. Poe uses the refrain as a point of emphasis. He emphasizes the man’s despair, loneliness, and desolation.

You will notice in the first stanza an example of internal rhyme in the line, “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,” The words napping and tapping rhyme within the same line instead at the end of two lines.

The line “Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before” includes an example of alliteration in which the first sound of a word is repeated in words that follow. In this case, the sound of /d/ is heard at the beginning of doubting, dreaming, dreams, dared, dreamed.