Example of a metaphor used in the poem 'The Raven'?

In lines 38-40: Poe mentions that the Raven has a "mien of lord or lady" a metaphor for the bird acting like a lord or lady. In line 85: the bird is referred to as a "prophet" or a "devil" In the last stanza of the poem the bird is referred to as a "demon." Most of these metaphors are used almost like a metaphor for what a wreck the narrator is.

He's gone mad over his "lost Lenore." When the night is referred to as a shore, it seems to be a metaphor for the night as a sort of ocean.

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