The Raven's use of the word "never again" when answering the narrator's question states that hope is nowhere to be found. “The Plutonian shore of night” is said in the poem and is an example of an allusion. Poe refers to Hades, the god of the dead. Why use this quote? This is an example of death to explain what is going to happen or what has already happened in the story. Poe put metaphors in the poem so that the reader can paint a picture in their head when reading the story. For example, “And each dying ember created its ghost on the ground” is a metaphor. In this line, the narrator explains that the fire going out looks like ghosts on the ground. What is this story trying to tell readers? What does that mean? Well, depending on who is reading the story, there are several ways to interpret this story. For example, is there really a raven talking to the narrator or is the narrator so struck by grief over his dead wife that he went completely crazy and just imagined a raven talking to him. Perhaps the narrator wants answers so badly that he will take them from anywhere, including his imagination. One thing