Question

In the raven is the raven real or is the narrator merely imagining a raven is speaking to him because of his grief?

Answer 1

The narrator is imagining a raven, and the raven is talking to him because of his grief

Answer 2

Edgar Allan Poe is imaginating it, but it is hard to tell because he is writing it from his perspective and it is hard to know his insanity from his point of view.