How does the theme of madness emerge in the poem? The narrator, believing that the bird has come to steal

his soul, shrieks at it, asking it to leave.

The narrator thinks the air is becoming filled with the

scent of perfume from an unknown source.

The narrator keeps answering a tapping at his door

but finds no one there.

ing,

The narrator sits on a chair in front of the bird, and

believing the bird is a prophet, begins asking it

questions.