The Visitor In Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven

I believe the Raven in Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “ The Raven” is imaginary because it was the narrator dream that the story was told in. Who or what is the new visitor and how does the speaker react to this visitor. This visitor that had come to the narrator was a Raven. I would definitely say the narrator was scared and shocked. “ In the stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore… perched above my chamber door”(Poe 7). All in all, this tells us who the visitor is that came to see the narrator. Also shows why I say he was in shock.
What is the author trying to figure out about the bird? What evidence shows this? First off, the author is trying to figure out does this bird say anything else. “But the Raven sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word… nothing further then he uttered”(Poe 10). Also, he then goes on to try and figure out if the bird had any friends. “Till I scarcely more than muttered, ‘Other friends have flown before’” (Poe 10). As you can see, the author struggles to find out who this bird is and who sent it.

How does the speaker react to this word. Starting off, the Raven repeating “Nevermore” means to me that the Raven is eating away at the narrator's soul. In the text it states “This I sat engaged in guessing… To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core”(Poe 13). Adding on, I think the narrator is not taking it so well. To the point where I think he is losing his sanity. “Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer”(Poe 14). In closing thoughts, I believe the narrator is going crazy and letting this Raven take over his head and his