the best-known poem by Edgar Allan Poe , first published in 1845. In it a man is visited by a raven (= a large black bird) and asks it when he will see his lost lover again. The bird repeatedly answers ‘Nevermore’.
RAVEN
Meaning of RAVEN in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005