Question

in stanza 14 of the raven poe uses the word nepenthe. judging from the context what is nepenthe?

A. A book
B. A beverage i think is B
C. A bird is not C
D. A place

Answer 1

yes, its B, a beverage

Answer 2

This is an allusion to a mythological drug that you might take to forget your grief. From what I can tell, I think our narrator might really need some of this stuff.