In the previous stanza, the narrator hears a tapping at his chamber door, but nothing is there when he opens it. In this stanza, the stillness of the night seems to make the narrator imagine the worst.
This line from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" describes a sense of deep contemplation and uncertainty as the speaker grapples with their own thoughts and fears in a dark and mysterious space, leading to the exploration of uncharted territories in their imagination that surpass conventional human experiences. It reflects a journey into the unknown depths of the mind where new and daring ideas are born.
Edgar Allan Poe wrote those lines in the 5th stanza of his poem "The Raven," published in 1845.
The phrase "long I stood" suggests that the speaker remained in one place for an extended period, emphasizing the duration and possibly the patience or perseverance required. It conveys a sense of time passing and a lingering presence in a particular location.
"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token," The narrator has just heard a tapping at his chamber door, but nothing was outside the door. The narrator is imagining the worst. The word token here means 'clue' or 'tangible representation' for the source of the tapping.
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