What is The Raven in modern language?

Answer 1

The Raven Decoder

One dreary night at midnight, I was drowsy from reading some old fiction. Suddenly I heard something, probably just a late-night visitor, knocking on my door.

It was a miserable December, and shadows from the fire were dancing on the floor. I was trying to stop agonizing over my lovely lost Lenore.

The rustling purple curtains startled me with new and frightening terror that made my heart beat faster, and my thoughts returned to what visitor might be at my door.

I gathered my wits and begged forgiveness of my late-night visitor for I barely heard a thing, and I opened the door to total darkness in the corridor.

I stood wondering, fearing while seeking who had knocked on my door, but I found no trace anymore. I faintly whispered "Lenore," then I thought I heard echoed "Lenore."

As I turned and closed the door, I heard a louder knocking that seemed to come from the window. I went to investigate, but it must have been the wind and nothing more!

I opened the window and shutters, and in fluttered a raven that seemed to have a royal bearing then it flew straight to the bust of Pallas just above my door.

I smiled at the absurdity that this bird seemed to come from hell to reveal some wisdom though it did not seem unkempt. I asked the bird its name; it said "Nevermore."

I was amazed that this awkward bird answered so plainly yet so irrelevantly for you would agree with me this exact setting has never happened before.

But the bird seemed to have bared its soul in one word. I said, by morning the bird would leave me just as all my friends had done before, but the raven replied, "Nevermore."

Startled that the raven answered so rightly, I said this bird knows only one word. It learned that word from some unhappy owner who always groaned using nevermore.

I was intrigued by this raven, so I moved a violet velvet-cushioned seat to face it. I sat down, and guessed what the bird meant by croaking the word nevermore.

I continued to sit quietly reclining and pondering with the raven's fiery eyes bearing down on me, and I realized that she shall return nevermore.

In a vision of angels bearing incense, I thought God sent this bird. I cried, I am sad and I need relief to forget this lost Lenore! The bird said "Nevermore."

Said I, "Prophet! Evil! if bird or devil! If Devil or storm sent you to my haunted home, tell me I beg you will I find relief?" The raven said "Nevermore."

Said I, "Prophet! Evil! if bird or devil! Tell by God above shall I see the lovely maiden whom angels named Lenore in Heaven. The raven said "Nevermore."

Cried I, "Get out, bird or fiend! Go back into the storm from hell! Leave no reminder of you or your lie. Stop tormenting me and get out!" The raven said "Nevermore."

The raven is still sitting on the bust of Pallas above my door and the demon's eyes still stare down on me while its shadow covers me. It shall lift -- nevermore!

Answer 2

"The Raven" is a narrative poem written by Edgar Allan Poe that tells the story of a man visited by a mysterious raven who utters the word "Nevermore." The man slowly descends into madness as he questions the bird about the afterlife and his lost love, Lenore. The poem explores themes of grief, loss, and the haunting nature of memory and regret.