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In the raven, how does the speaker describe the bird by the end of the poem?

A. Messager from heaven
B. Stately creature
C. A companion
D. A demon

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The Raven is not a symbol of a lost maiden but a symbol of death and always had been a symbol of death since the saintly days of yore.The Raven makes the speaker remember his lost Lenore.So therefore it may seem that he thought the Raven may be a Messager from Heaven
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""And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming""

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