Read this quotation from stanza 7. 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. Why does the author describe where the Raven landed in the room? The statue of Pallas mirrors the bird's wisdom. The door reflects the stillness of the bird. The door represents the narrator's desire to escape. The statue of Pallas reminds the narrator of his lost love.

Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven" revolves around the speaker and his feeling of loneliness after the death of his beloved Lenore. The poem consists of the visit by a "Raven" and how the speaker was convinced of the forever loss of Lenore, leaving him further devastated and the lingering grief of never going to see her again.

The given lines are from the 7th stanza of the poem describing the entry of the Raven. He perched on the bust of Athena, the Greek goddess of Wisdom. And like the bust where he was perched, the bird mirrors the wise Athena. The speaker remarks how the Raven did not make any "obeisance" when he came in, nor does he stop to acknowledge the speaker. He directly went for the bust and sat there, like a "lord or lady". He also drives home the final realization for the speaker that Lenore is never coming back.