...burden bora — • Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore, Of "Never — nevermore." But, the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking " Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned...

...Hope that melancholy burden bore Of'Never—nevermore.' " But the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned...

...engenders its own compulsion-to-sense" (p- 99) — cannot be evaded, as the next stanza indicates: Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." The final absorption in the project of understanding is emphasized here by the enjambment on the word...

...Hope the melancholy burden bore Of 'Never—nevermore.'" But the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat...upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancv unto fancv, thinking what this ominous bird of vore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt,...

...one burden bore: Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never — nevermore/" But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned...

...burden bore Of 'Never — nevermore.' '' Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking 70 Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned...

...What? Now a smiling bird? What is it, schizophrenic? Where the hell are you going with this? EDGAR "Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door..." EMILY What? Some guy's sitting, talking to a bird? EDGAR "Blackbird singin' in the dead of night"?...

...whole." A stanza from the middle of the poem describes the seductive pull of the raven and of anxiety: But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." In a mood of anxiety a person may sink into a linking of fancy unto fancy, thinking ominous depressing...

...Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never-nevermore.' " But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat...ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore." This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned...

...burden bore — Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never - nevermore.' '' But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into...myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what his ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant...