The Raven/ 何芝寧

He tries to calm himself down, telling himself that "tis some visitor".He's grieving for a lost woman, someone named Lenore who has left him alone. As he listens something strange, he begins to really nervous and his heart starts to beat faster. The speaker murmured the word Lenore, even the darkness, reminds him of his love. The raven appeared, speaker really gets into this feeling of amusement, talking to the raven as if it were some noble person. The speaker is a little surprised to hear this bird talk.He is sure that the bird will disappear by tomorrow, leaving him alone.He imagines the bird had a depressed owner, whose life was such terrible that all he could say was "Nevermore." He sits and thinks, remembers that Lenore will never sit on this cushion again, and she's really gone forever. The speaker starts to yelling at the bird, calling him a "Prophet" and a "thing of evil". In fact, all he really wants is a little bit of hope and some comfort. Finally, he doesn't want to see the raven again, he thinks his soul never be rescued because of the shadow of the raven.