Stanza 3

Summary of "The Raven"

Stanza 3:

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;

So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating

"'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;-

This it is, and nothing more."

Paraphrased Stanza 3:

And the soft rustling of each purple curtain

Made me nervous- filled me with strange fears I'd never felt before

So that, in order to calm myself, I repeated to myself

"It's just a visitor asking to come in my door-

Just a late visitor asking to come in;-

That's all it is; nothing more."