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Gilead, a mountainous region of modern day Jordan, east of the Jordan river, is known for balm, a soothing ointment. When the narrator, referencing the question in Jeremiah 8:22, asks: "Is there balm in Gilead?", he is really asking, "Will I find hope or comfort?" And the raven answers, "Nevermore."

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