There were many poetic the devices in this poem. Two of the ones I got read, "And each separate dying ember", and "the darkness gave no token", which are examples of personification. "My sad soul is smiling", is also an example of personification.
This man is dreadfully sad, and misses his dead love, Lenore. He's scared that she's come back to haunt him. He drifts off to sleep and awakes to a tapping at his window. The man freaks out and checks the window but sees no one. Then the tapping comes to the door, he checks it, and again sees no one.
Then a crow flies in and perches on a statue of a goddess. The man believes the crow came from the under world and starts asking it questions about Elinor.
The crow answers never more for each question. I think really that the mans imagining things more scarier than things need to be. He's scaring himself and making his pain of losing Elinor worse. He's so focused on his misery that he can't let go of his pain. The poem ends with the man feeling terrified.
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