In the poem raven by Edgar Allen Poe the raven repeats the word nevermore in response to the speakers question what does the response have on the speaker

The effect changes over the course of the poem. At first, the narrator is interested in what the bird has to say (curious). Then, as the Raven becomes eerily prophetic about how he will never see his love (Lenore) again, he starts to be disturbed and feel despair, and is eventually enraged. "Nevermore" essentially evaporates all the hope from the narrator.