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a large black raven flies in and perches itself on bust above the door -
Something is knocking on their door while the person is reading a book. -
While the narrator is reading the knocking, it reminds them of their lost Lenore, their lost loved one. -
When the narrator became brave, they spoke out to the thing that was knocking on the door, and they opened the door, and nothing was there. -
The curtains are moving, and the narrator does not want to believe that it is something and not nothing. -
The narrator begins to become scared and they decied to open the window up. -
The narrator is baffled as to why there is nothing at the door. He hears it again, and is reminded of his lost wife, and begins to feel sad. -
The bird looked proud sitting on the bust above the door, and the raven tells the narrator Nevermore.
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The narrator was amazed that the bird could talk but the bird was only saying nevermore.
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We learn that all the narrator's friends have left him, and he believes this bird will, too. -
The narrator believes that the bird learned the word nevermore from its sad owner
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The narrator and the bird sat and stared at each other for a fair amount of time, and he remembered that the love of his life would not sit next to him ever again. -
He felt very calm, and the narrator pulled up a chair across from the bird and wondered why the bird would only say never more.
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He asked the raven for help with his grief over his lost wife, Lonore.
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He started yelling for the raven to tell him who sent the raven to him
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The narrator asked the bird if he would ever see his lost Lonore again, and the bird said, Nevermore. -
The raven never left the home of the narrator, and in certain lighting, you can still see the raven in the shadows of the lights.
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The narrator wants the raven to leave, and he was yelling for the raven to leave, but the raven said Nevermore.