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In “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, the speaker is full of sorrow because he misses his lost Lenore. What does the speaker mean when he says, “Nameless here for evermore”?

He refuses to say her name.
She is no longer on earth.
She does not appear in the poem.
Only the bird can utter her name.

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He refuses to say her name.

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He refuses to say her name.
Mentioning her only exaggerates the narrator's pain; therefore, he refuses to bring her name up.
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