How does the poem’s use of internal rhyme contribute to the tone of the piece? Cite at least one example in your answer. (the raven, by edgar allen poe)

Internal rhymes helped to increase the tension in the poem.

Explanation:

The Raven is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe. The poem is about a young man, mourning his lovers death.

Poe has used literary device of internal rhyme in the poem. Internal rhyme can be defined as a rhyme scheme within the same line. This rhyme scheme helps to increase the pace in text or slow down the pace of reading the text by readers.

Poe has wisely used this literary device in his poem 'The Raven', which helped him to increase the tension in the poem, which contributed to the tone of the poem. As the poem furthers, the anxious tone of the speaker increases, and internal rhyme scheme helped to further this tone.

An example of this can be found in the lines 57-58:

Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered -

Till I scarcely more than muttered "Other friends have flown before

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