The narrator assumes a name (William), and the physician, Poe's passing apparition on the stairs, takes enough form here to be accused by Roderick of murder.

Lyrically, the song describes a domestic dispute in which its narrator assumes a defensive stance against a manipulative ex-lover.

In "Turning Tables", a song of domestic dispute, its narrator assumes a defensive stance against a manipulative ex-lover.

The narrator assumes that Jean is a man and sees him at the end of a building dressed in a coat, hat, and dark glasses.

The narrator assumes that this woman is one of Djinn/Jean's agents, as she seems to know who he is and where he is going.

The narrator assumes a deadpan tone as he looks at 20 years of social change in Belgium through the lens of his own disastrous sexual adventures.

Since it's the third time this week Mary has cooked cabbage, the narrator assumes rightly that Mary must be short of money.

The narrator assumes that the word "Nevermore" is the raven's "only stock and store", and, yet, he continues to ask it questions, knowing what the answer will be.

This is one of several times in the story where the narrator assumes different identities, one of which is an Indian chief.