Alyssa Michael

English

25 December, 12:34

Read the opening stanza of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door-

"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-

Only this and nothing more."

Which best describes the tone of this poem?

angry and frustrated

melodramatic and somber

businesslike and matter-of-fac