... , luck, have done so before. No other similes were discovered, as were no metaphors either. Hyperboles, paradoxes, and irony were not found either. Poe also uses personification and symbolism in "The Raven."" Personification is used when Poe describes the curtains in his room as sad and uncertain: "And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain. . ."" (12). In line 44, Poe describes the raven ... as though it has refinement, "By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it worse. . ."" giving the bird human characteristics. The raven can be looked at as a variety of ...

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