Lenore The Raven

The narrator first encounters this raven while mourning for his deceased wife, Lenore. The raven flies in the author’s window and as the narrator says “perched above my chamber door” - stanza 6. The narrator at first appears to like the raven. He states, “this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling” - stanza 8. It seems like the author likes the raven because he takes the saddening memory of “Lenore” from the narrator’s mind.

The author’s opinion of the raven does begin to change however. The first word the raven utters to the narrator is “nevermore” - stanza 9, which the narrator perceives to be the raven’s name. Then the narrator begins to think on the word which the bird has spoken. He finally begins to believe that the bird is