In Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem ‘The Raven,’ Lenore is not explicitly identified as the narrator’s wife. The poem does not provide specific details about the relationship between the narrator and Lenore. However, it is clear that Lenore was someone very dear to the narrator, possibly a lost love or a close companion.
The narrator mourns Lenore deeply, and her absence is a central theme of the poem. The raven’s repeated refrain of ‘Nevermore’ serves to emphasize the narrator’s despair and the permanence of his loss. While some interpretations suggest that Lenore could have been the narrator’s wife, the poem leaves this open to interpretation, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions based on the emotional weight of the narrator’s grief.