Question about the poem The Raven?

Question

By the end of the poem, what do you think it means that the Raven "still is sitting" in the speaker's chamber?

Answer 1

That you can't avoid your ghosts. No matter what you do they will always be there.

Answer 2

There are a number of different way to interpret.  First is literally: the raven never left and if there is a supernatural cause or force behind it, then it too is there, haunting the speaker.  Next, you could make the case that there was NEVER a raven, but only the dark figments of the speakers mind.  It grew in his imagination until his own eyes and ears began creating it for him.  It will never leave: "nevermore'.  Third, half and half.  The raven flew in and then left, but it so disturbed the speaker that he sees it still and will always see it.  You could make a clever argument for any of these, citing the poem's other stanza's.