Does the raven kill the man in the poem 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe?

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2026-02-24 13:00

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This is the last stanza of "The Raven" By Edgar Allan Poe:

And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,

And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;

And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor

Shall be lifted - nevermore!

In it, it says that the raven is still sitting on the bust of Pallas. so hence not dead also if you look into artwork of this poem you will find some that focus particularly on this stanza which has him lying on his back, sort of distraught, in a sence of losing his mind by that, first he thought the raven was a blessing:

"Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling"

"For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being

Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door".

to questioning it thinking that it was sent to him in not quite such a blessed mannor.

like:

"Prophet!' said I, thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! -

Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,"

"Prophet!' said I, thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil!

By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore -"

This you just have to run with because Poe wrote on many occasion on his fears and dreams, he was also an alcoholic living a troubled life. so if anyone was dying in the poem it was Poe not the raven.

*any items in quotes are taken directly from the poem; "The Raven" By Edgar Allan Poe.

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