What do the last two lines of the Raven mean?

What do the last two lines of the Raven mean?

This raven is saying that nevermore will Lenore return to his home; nevermore will he feel truly, completely happy in this physical life; nevermore will anguish and some level of grief cease.

What happens in the last stanza of the Raven?

The raven has “eyes all the seeming of a demon’s” and the light from outside casts an eerie “shadow on the floor.” Then the speaker compares himself to this shadow. He sees his “soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor.” Overall, Poe constructs the poem in a way that the last stanza serves as a shock.

How does the symbol of the raven’s shadow effect the meaning of the poem?

How does the symbol of the raven’s shadow affect the meaning of the poem? A. It indicates that the speaker plans to live his life alone in the literal shadows of his house. It suggests that the speaker blames his unkind fate on the demonic presence of the raven.

What is the dominant image of the raven?

The primary image in “The Raven” is the picture of the raven sitting above the bust of Pallas above the speaker’s “chamber door.” Through this image and other diction choices associated with it, Poe creates an ominous mood in his poem.

Is the Raven real or imagined?

The raven in the poem can be seen much more imagined than real in many ways. He heard a knock on the door but when he went to open it there was nothing there, all he heard was the name of his dead love “Lenore”. Before he answered the door he was sleeping so maybe the whole thing might have been a dream that felt real.

Do you think there really was a raven in the narrator’s chambers Why or why not?

In this poem, the raven who appears in the speaker’s chamber could arguably just be a real bird that has come in through the window out of the storm. He doesn’t really speak to the narrator at any length—he only says “nevermore,” one word.

Why does the speaker tell the Raven to leave in the second last stanza?

The raven, of course, says “nevermore,” and refuses to leave. In the last stanza we see that the narrator is depressed. He says that his soul will never be able to escape from the shadow that the bird is casting. This is a figurative way of saying that the bird’s presence is making the speaker depressed.