Comparing 'The Raven' and 'The Haunted Palace' | English

Starter quiz

'The Raven' features a speaker who is...
- thinking about the past.
- mourning the loss of a loved one. ✓
- thinking fearfully about the future.
In 'The Haunted Palace'. what has happened to the building?
- It was burned to the ground.
- It has been abandoned. ✓
- It has been washed away in a flood.
What is the term used to describe a group of words all on one topic or related by meaning?
- 'Semantic field' ✓
What word describes the representation of ideas or feelings by a noun?
- 'Symbol' ✓
'The Haunted Palace' is about the decline of glory and the loss of power. Which quotation best supports that interpretation?
- "The ruler of the realm was seen"
- "A winged odour went away"
- "Assailed the monarch's high estate" ✓
In 'The Raven', the raven is presented as both wise and wicked. Which quotations would you use to support that interpretation?
- "Nevermore" and "shadow"
- "Pallas Athena" and "Prophet of evil" ✓
- "flutter" and "lord or lady"

What is the best definition of nostalgic?
- a feeling of fondness for old grand buildings
- a feeling of fondness for beautiful landscapes
- a feeling of fondness for the past ✓
What is the best definition of the word "isolated"
- unhappy
- angry
- deluded
- alone ✓
How are the speakers of 'The Haunted Palace' and 'The Raven' similar?
- They are both bereaved.
- They are both highly distressed.
- They are both melancholy. ✓
Choose the connectives you would use to explore differences between two poems.
- similarly
- likewise
- also
- whereas ✓
- however ✓
In regards to 'The Haunted Palace', what word would fill best completes the following sentence? The palace might ______ the speaker's personality.
- 'symbolise' ✓
In 'The Raven', how is the writer establishing tone in the following quotation: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary."
- reference to the weather ✓
- the use of the pronoun "I"
- the use of gloomy adjectives ✓
- The fairytale beginning "once"

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'The Raven' and 'The Haunted Palace' are both examples of the Gothic genre.
'The Raven' and 'The Haunted Palace' both feature speakers who are grieving, one for a woman, the other for a house.
Both 'The Raven' and 'The Haunted Palace' use figurative language such as symbolism to convey emotions.
Comparing the two poems involves looking at similarities and differences in meaning and linguistic techniques.

Students thinking they need to find big differences in the poems.

It's often better to choose similarities and then explain and explore the subtle differences.

Bereaved - someone who is bereaved has experienced the death of a loved one
Isolated - to be isolated is to be alone
Nostalgic - to be nostalgic is to think about the past with fondness
Gothic - the Gothic genre is characterised by gloomy settings and unhappy heroes
Symbol - a symbol is an image or a word that represents an idea or feeling