Question

Which words in this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven” give the raven a dignified and elegant appearance?



Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.
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.

Answer 1

In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.

Because it is calling the raven stately which means unhurried or grand manner. Makes the speaker think of older, nobler times.