The raven may be considered an agent of the supernatural because it first, according to the narrator, taps on the chamber door then on the window, but I believe the narrator "nodded, nearly napping," was unable to comprehend that the raven was tapping at the window from the beginning.
The first line of the second stanza of Poe's "The Raven" is "Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December."
In "The Raven," the raven represents the narrator's grief and sorrow, as well as a symbol of death and the supernatural.
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Summary of the 6th Stanza of 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe: 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!
In "The Raven," the supernatural experience is the visitation of a mysterious raven that enters the narrator's chamber and speaks a single word, "Nevermore." This eerie encounter with the raven triggers an emotional and psychological unraveling in the narrator as he grapples with grief and the torment of his own thoughts.
In the first stanza of "The Raven," the narrator is reading a book to distract himself from his grief over the loss of Lenore. He hears a tapping at his chamber door but, when he opens it, finds nothing there. The narrator is then filled with dread as he speculates what could be causing the noise.
In stanza 3 of "The Raven," the narrator's heart fills with terror as he hears a tapping at his chamber door, which he identifies as someone gently rapping. This unexpected sound startles him and adds to the sense of foreboding that permeates the poem.
The month was December. The first line in the second stanza is:"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December, "
It was December. It's in the second stanza. See related link for full text.
Assonance, Consonance, Imagery, Metaphor, Meter, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and Stanza are all poetic devices (or elements) used in 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Two examples of onomatopoeia in the Raven are "echo" in stanza 5 and " tapping" in stanza 6.