Clever is another word for smart or something like hey your pretty clever. As In they mean smart or intelligent
I think it is supposed to have an impact on the reader by telling us about how much they enjoyed going to New York for the dalzzling parties
The use of the first person in <em>The raven </em>enhances the emotion and suspense because the narrator explains his fears as he experiences terror.
Although it may seem unrelatable if read lightly, the pom talks about topics such as loneliness and lost, topics which we all can relate to in one way or another, just maybe not in this 19th century prose which we are not used to nowadays.
