Question

In the last stanza, what does the speaker mean when he says, "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming"?

Answer 1

The raven remains sitting. He overshadows the narrator, whose soul will never see happiness again. Analysis: The raven's shadow most likely symbolizes sadness. It covers the narrator's soul, symbolic of the narrator never being happy again. The last stanza relates the narrator's death.