Question

independent practice
put these events from \the raven\ into the order in which they occur.
the speaker asks the raven questions.
the raven perches on the bust of pallas.
the speaker sits alone reading at night.
the speaker’s mind falls into madness.
the speaker grieves for his lost love, lenore.

Explanation:

This follows the narrative arc of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven: the poem opens with the speaker mourning Lenore, then shows him reading to distract himself late at night. The raven enters and perches on the bust of Pallas (Athena, goddess of wisdom). The speaker then bombards the raven with increasingly desperate questions about Lenore, and the raven's repeated "Nevermore" drives the speaker into madness.

Answer:

1. The speaker grieves for his lost love, Lenore.
2. The speaker sits alone reading at night.
3. The raven perches on the bust of Pallas.
4. The speaker asks the raven questions.
5. The speaker's mind falls into madness.