ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -At first encounter, what is the speaker’s first reaction to the Raven? The speaker is amused.

Detailed explanation-2: -At first encounter, what is the speaker’s first reaction to the Raven? He smiles. When the Raven says, “Nevermore” what does the speaker take this response to be? He thinks the Raven is stating his name.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the course of “The Raven, ” what changes occur in the narrator’s attitude towards the bird? He starts to get annoyed and mad that the only thing the bird can say is nevermore. What brings about this change? The only thing the bird can say is nevermore and it is getting very annoying and irritating to the narratr.

Detailed explanation-4: -The speaker is unsettled by the raven’s repetition of “Nevermore” because he believes the raven learned it from a depressed former master and intends to make him his new owner. The speaker begs the raven to leave, to which the raven responds “Nevermore".

Detailed explanation-5: -The narrator guesses that the Raven says “Nevermore” because? it infers that he will perish + will feel no comfort have no relief. Near the end of the poem, the narrator asks the raven two questions to which the bird answers, ‘Nevermore” the questions concern? his sorrows.