The main focus of the poem was the unexpected visit of a raven to the narrator-s house. The bird serves as a constant reminder to the narrator of the death of his true love and the sadness that it brings him. It is left unclear if the bird literally came to his doorstep or the narrator was making it up.
Some might say the raven was real because of how the narrator described it, from its color to its feathers. A raven is also a very common animal, so they might think it could still happen.
These people may think because of the setting, a raven could be found in the narrator 's house, which is dark and old.
Others might say the raven was not real because of the unlikeliness of all those events happening and how the raven could speak.
I think the narrator was imagining the raven. There are many aspects of the story that seem too unrealistic or not likely to happen. The narrator was also on a very dark place at the time. These and other fantastical factors led me to believe the bird was created by the narrator himself.
First, the narrator is clearly weak. He says he spends his time thinking about Lenore, who was once someone special to him. I think Lenore was his girlfriend or wife. The author is clearly not over her death, which could lead him to an unstable mental health.
"But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no
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This is one of the main reasons why I think the raven is fictitious. First, the raven responded immediately after the narrator asked him something (which is very unlikely). Then, the raven said literal words, which is impossible for an animal. A bird, specifically, can not vocalize the word "nevermore" because their vocal chords are made for little chirps and for