Poe's Poetry

The Raven

why do you think the poets repeat the name Lenore

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Lenore is the main focus of the speaker's thoughts. He is obsessed with her loss, and through his repetition of her name, we can surmise that she is a living memory...... as obsession he cannot escape.

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