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| | I must admit curiosity as to how you equated "rapping on a door" with "rape". "Rapping" as used in the poem means exactly what it says; to tap on the door. Electric doorbells didn't exist in the 1800s and people would announce their presence at your door by knocking (rapping) on it. It has nothing to do with rape. | | I must admit curiosity as to how you equated "rapping on a door" with "rape". "Rapping" as used in the poem means exactly what it says; to tap on the door. Electric doorbells didn't exist in the 1800s and people would announce their presence at your door by knocking (rapping) on it. It has nothing to do with rape. |
| − | :Agreed, and fixed. The original posting made the incorrect association of ''rapping'' (to knock or strike) with ''rape'' (originally to sieze or carry away, in addition to its more contemporary meaning) which was incorrectly described as "too force open"... but that's the nature of wikis: we all can post, and we all can correct. Thanks for pointing it out. -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 14:26, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
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| − | Should it be mentioned that the actual poem says "as '''of''' someone gently rapping" rather than "as if"? -- [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.25|141.101.104.25]] 22:33, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
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| − | : I was about to say the same thing. A rare, uncorrected Randall error probably bears comment. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.175|108.162.237.175]]
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| − | :: Added to Trivia. [[User:Yfmcpxpj|Yfmcpxpj]] ([[User talk:Yfmcpxpj|talk]]) 10:44, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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| − | Is there any possible connection between the fact that in the original it was a raven, and now it's a white rapper, instead of a black one? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.118|108.162.218.118]] 05:17, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
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| − | Should have been "as '''of''' someone gently rapping." [[User:Koro Neil|Koro Neil]] ([[User talk:Koro Neil|talk]]) 21:17, 27 December 2018 (UTC)
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| − | : Added to Trivia. [[User:Yfmcpxpj|Yfmcpxpj]] ([[User talk:Yfmcpxpj|talk]]) 10:44, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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