Question

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.

Answer 1

The evidence for the Raven's dignified appearance is in the following lines:

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

"With mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door".

Answer 2

In the excerpt given above, the words which give the Raven a dignified and elegant appearance are given below:

'IN THERE STEPPED A STATELY RAVEN OF THE THE SAINTLY DAYS OS YORE.

BUT, WITH MIEN OF LORD OR LADY, PERCHED ABOVE MY CHAMBER DOOR.

The poem 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe is about a character who is mourning a lost love. During the course of his mourning in the night, a raven visited him.

The Raven is described as 'stately'. This means that, the raven has the look of royalty about it. The kind of royalty that make the character in the poem to remember the nobler times of old [the days of yore]. The second line of the answer means that, the raven has an important look about it, it acts like an aristocrat, he entered and made straight for the chamber door to sit on it. these two lines show that the raven was behaving as a a noble character.