The second part that begins with not the least all the way to perched above my chamber door because the raven was gentle and proper when flying and was like a lady or lord when he landed making him dignified and elegant.
The explanation expressed in this excerpt reveals that the narrator HAS A NATURAL INSIGHT ABOUT WHAT THE WORDS LIKELY SUGGESTED. From the passage given above it can be seen that the narrator has the capacity to infer and interpret spoken words in order to get their true meaning. She correctly guess in the passage, that the boy had a natural desire to take her home.
