Who Is Nevermore In Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven?

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Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” is very well known. The word “nevermore” is used throughout the poem. We first see “Nevermore” when the narrator asked the raven his name, the birds first and only word throughout the poem is “nevermore.” Answering “nevermore” I believe this is an augury of fate. The man continues to ask the Raven questions, it continues the answer only “nevermore.” In the beginning of the poem the narrator seems somewhat amused by this bird and curious why he is there, as the poem continues, the narrator continues to ask more painful and personal questions. The Raven only answers with “nevermore.” The reader can start to see that that one word begins to tear narrator apart. Towards the end of the poem the narrator become

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