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The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe
Then this 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 shore —
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
Question
Use the stanza to answer the question.
Which line from the stanza is an allusion to Roman mythology?
(1 point)
Responses
“Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,”
“Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,”
“By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,”
“By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,”
“Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!’”
“Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!’”
“‘Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,’ I said, ‘art sure no craven,”
1 answer
The line from the stanza that is an allusion to Roman mythology is:
“Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!”
In this line, "Plutonian" refers to Pluto, who is the Roman god of the underworld, connecting to themes of death and the afterlife in mythology.
