Which words in this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" give the raven a dignified and elegant appearance?

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,

In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.

Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he,

But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-

Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-

Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

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Gauge Roy

18 May, 22:18

Which words in this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" give the raven a dignified and elegant appearance?

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,

In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.

Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he,

But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-

Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-

Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

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Elvis Whitehead · Answer 1

The words in the excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" that gives the raven a dignified and elegant appearance is

"In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.

Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he"