"--here I opened wide the door;-- Darkness there and nothing more." Would you expect to see a black bird with that background if you were expecting a person? I think it is probable the raven was tapping at the window all along, but the first time the narrator was too sleepy to recognize the direction of that tapping.
In the excerpt from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, the speaker is reading and trying to distract himself from his overwhelming grief for his lost love Lenore when he hears the mysterious knocking at the door.
An old man hears a knock on his door. When he opens it, he finds a snail. He threw the snail as hard and as far as he could. Three years later, he hears a knock on his door and finds the same snail as before. " What the hell was that all about?!", asked the snail.
stop doing what you're doing
Lady Macbeth hears a knock at the door in Act 2, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's "Macbeth." She interprets this as an omen of death because it symbolizes a visitor at the castle, which could lead to uncovering the murder she and Macbeth committed.
In the UK we would use the phrase 'Knock it off' to mean stop teasing/irritating me or stop what you doing.
If you mean pumpkins or something for decoration, then I would say because they enjoy doing that.
Momma said knock you out.
The kid will knock on your door and it will say "Your character hears a soft knock on the door and it appears to be an abandoned child" Would You Like To Adopt it? Click YES and you will have an adopted kid. (all adopted kids are 3 years old).
she is not knock up she is doing the Aaliyah movie due in 2010
Tap the block or head with a hammer while the vehicle is running. If the engine slows down as you are doing this, it is sensing "knock" and trying to compensate by retarding ignition timing. Tap the block or head with a hammer while the vehicle is running. If the engine slows down as you are doing this, it is sensing "knock" and trying to compensate by retarding ignition timing.
The secret knock is knock knock, knock knock knock knock
There are many verses begin with B in the bible. For instance Revelation 3:20 says “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”