Interesting theory indeed!
However the line: "she shall press, ah, nevermore!" Was not referring to the bird, it was referring to the character contemplating the idea that Lenore would never be there again.
"This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er
She shall press, ah, nevermore!"
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