There are several symbols present in “The Raven”, the most important being the raven itself. The raven symbolizes the narrator's grief for Lenore. At the end of the poem the narrator realizes that the raven would be with him forever because his thoughts about Lenore will never go away. Another symbol is the storm. The author talks about the storm as a cold, dark and gloomy storm. The storm is a representation of the storm going on in the narrator's heart due to the loss of his lover. Throughout the story the raven repeats the word "never again" with every question the narrator asks about his beloved lover, which is also a great symbol in this poem. The word never again symbolizes the love and memory the narrator has for Lenore and how it will never go away