> And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
> Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
> So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,
> "Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
> Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—
> This it is and nothing more."
In this stanza, the speaker describes the rustling of the curtains filling him with fantastic terrors. He tries to calm his heart by repeating to himself that it is just a visitor knocking at his door. The word "countenance" is not used in this stanza.
The second use of the word "countenance" is in the ninth stanza:
> "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!—
> Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
> Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted—
> On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore—
> Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!"
> Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."
In this stanza, the speaker addresses the raven as a prophet and asks it if there is any hope or balm for his suffering. The raven's only response is "Nevermore." The word "countenance" is not used in this stanza.
Therefore, the word "countenance" is not used in the poem "The Raven."