Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,

Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before.

"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;

Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery explore-

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; -

'Tis the wind and nothing more."

-"The Raven,"

Edgar Allan Poe

How does Poe create suspense in this stanza?

by allowing the speaker to retreat from all danger

by revealing that the tapping is caused by the wind

by having the speaker explore the mysterious noise

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Kiley

English

6 August, 13:59

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,

Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before.

"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;

Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery explore-

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore; -

'Tis the wind and nothing more."

-"The Raven,"

Edgar Allan Poe

How does Poe create suspense in this stanza?

by allowing the speaker to retreat from all danger

by revealing that the tapping is caused by the wind

by having the speaker explore the mysterious noise

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Malachi Middleton · Answer 1

Answer: by having the speaker explore the mysterious noise

Explanation:

The speaker hears a noise and decides to check it out. That brings a suspense. But if the speaker just stayed there and did nothing there wouldn't be any suspense at all