In the poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, the Raven is a messenger from the gods. The narrator is sitting alone on a December night reading to get his thought away from his beloved Lenore who passed away. He then hears something at the door that scares him so he decides to open it saying Lenore into the darkness. When he suddenly hears tapping on the window, he opens it and a Raven flies inside his room onto a bust of Pallas, he asks for its name to be surprised it said nevermore. He murmurs that “Other friends have flown before on the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.” and the bird says “Nevermore”, This shows that the Raven is a messenger from the gods because the narrator is whispering to himself stating the Raven will