THE RAVEN by Edgar Allan Poe (Best Reading) | Highlights and Annotations by Gistr.

The narrator was "weak and weary," pondering over a book of forgotten lore and nodding, nearly napping. He initially dismissed the tapping as a visitor. The tapping was faint, causing him to question if he had actually heard it. He then opened the door to find darkness. The provided text is an excerpt, so a complete rhyming scheme analysis isn't possible. However, the excerpt shows a consistent use of primarily ABCBBB rhyme scheme, with variations and irregularities throughout the poem. The poem uses a variety of rhyme schemes and doesn't adhere to a single, consistent pattern throughout. A weary narrator is visited by a raven on a bleak December night. The raven perches above the narrator's chamber door and only speaks the word "Nevermore." The narrator questions the raven, seeking answers about his lost love, Lenore, and his future. The raven's consistent response of "Nevermore" drives the narrator to despair. The narrator's grief and despair intensify as he grapples with the raven's ominous pronouncements. The raven remains perched, symbolizing the narrator's enduring sorrow and the impossibility of escaping his grief. The poem explores themes of loss, grief, despair, and the acceptance of mortality. open. here. I flung the shutter When with many a flirt and flutter in there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of Yore. Not the least obeisance made he Not a minute stopped or stayed He, but with the mean of lord or lady perched above my chamber door, perched upon a bust of palace just above my chamber door perched and sat and nothing more. Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling by the grave and stern decorum of the countenance It wore though thy crest be shorn and shaven thou I said, Art sure, no craven, Ghastly. Grim and ancient raven wandering from the nightly shore. Tell me what the lordly name is on the night's Plutonian shore. quoth the raven Nevermoor much. I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly though it's answer little meaning little relevancy bore for we cannot help agreeing that no living human being ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chambered door. bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door with such name as nevermore, but the raven sitting lonely on the placid bust spoke only that one word as if his soul and that one word he did outpour Nothing farther than he uttered, not a feather. then he fluttered till scarcely more than muttered other friends have flown before. On the morrow. he will leave me as my hopes have flown before This segment details the initial encounter with the raven, highlighting the narrator's emotional state, the mysterious tapping at the door, and the first exchange with the raven, setting the stage for the poem's central conflict and suspense.