“The Raven” During a cold, dark evening in December, a man is attempting to find some peace from the remembrance of his lost love, Lenore, by reading volumes of “forgotten lore.” Has he begins to sleep, he hears a knock at the door. Believing that he is dreaming he hesitates to open the door, with ease he finally opens the door, to his dismay he sees only darkness. Into the darkness he can only mutter …showed first 75 words of 764 total…

…showed last 75 words of 764 total…of Lenore. The raven’s role stays true to the end, even when the man asks the bird to stop torturing him and leave. But the raven will not go. The raven will sit above the man’s door every day for eternity to remind him that he cannot understand death. And left in the shadows of the chamber the raven casts on the floor is the soul of the man that shall be lifted-nevermore.