Question

Which stanza from the poem “To One in Paradise” by Edgar Allan Poe are most similar to the subject and theme of “The Raven”?

A.
And all my days are trances,
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances,
And where thy footstep gleams—
In what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams.


B.
Ah, dream too bright to last!
Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise
But to be overcast!
A voice from out the Future cries,
“On! on!”—but o’er the Past
(Dim gulf!) my spirit hovering lies
Mute, motionless, aghast!


C.
Thou wast that all to me, love,
For which my soul did pine—
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrine,
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
And all the flowers were mine.


D.
For, alas! alas! with me
The light of Life is o’er!
No more—no more—no more—
(Such language holds the solemn sea
To the sands upon the shore)
Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree,
Or the stricken eagle soar!

Answer 1

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Which stanza from the poem “To One in Paradise” by Edgar Allan Poe are most similar to the subject and theme of “The Raven”?

D.

For, alas! alas! with me

The light of Life is o’er!

No more—no more—no more—

(Such language holds the solemn sea

To the sands upon the shore)

Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree,

Or the stricken eagle soar!

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Answer 2

The stanza from the poem “To One in Paradise” by Edgar Allan Poe that is most similar to the subject and theme of “The Raven” is D.

For, alas! alas! with me

The light of Life is o’er!

No more—no more—no more—

(Such language holds the solemn sea

To the sands upon the shore)

Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree,

Or the stricken eagle soar!

Step-by-step explanation:

"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe uses the themes of grief, negativity, and depression. The narrator is alone in his house sad and lonely in sorrow for the loss of Lenore. While the last stanza of "To One in Paradise" shows how the narrator loses all faith and sees everything from a negative point of view that resembles the one in "The Raven"