Question

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."

Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore-
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore-
Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
"'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-
This it is and nothing more."

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping - tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you - here I opened wide the door:-
Darkness there and nothing more.

What is the effect of the last stanza mimicking the first?


What is the effect of the last stanza mimicking the first?
A) The speaker, disturbed from his sleep, is angered at the sudden tapping.
B) The tapping has become more dramatic, but the speaker has grown disinterested.
C) The speaker, while initially upset, is now calm in his approach to the tapping.
D) The tapping, which was seemingly innocent, is now seen as mysterious by the speaker.

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

Because he finally opens the door, to find nothing.

Answer 2

The correct option is D: THE TAPPING, WHICH WAS SEEMINGLY INNOCENT, IS NOW SEEN AS MYSTERIOUS BY THE SPEAKER.

Step-by-step explanation:

The raven is a narrative poem published by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe in 1845. The text that we have here is just an excerpt from the complete poem; despite it, we can say that the theme of the piece is related to something dark because it is common in Poe’s writing style; at the same time, we can affirm that something is making the protagonist feel uncomfortable and this is the constant tapping that he hears.

Related to the specific question: What is the effect of the last stanza mimicking the first? We can say that the correct option is OPTION D: THE TAPPING, WHICH WAS SEEMINGLY INNOCENT, IS NOW SEEN AS MYSTERIOUS BY THE SPEAKER. The reasons behind the answer have a relation with the word that changes: in the first stanza it says” only this and nothing more”, but in the last one, it says “darkness there and nothing more” where the darkness is symbolizing all that the protagonist cannot understand or even see.

In which respects to the other options, A: The speaker, disturbed from his sleep, is angered at the sudden tapping does not match with what Poe tells us because he writes that the tapping was constant (besides that he does not sleep all the times); B: The tapping has become more dramatic, but the speaker has grown disinterested cannot apply too due to he is not disinterested because the tapping is still disturbing his life; option C: The speaker, while initially upset, is now calm in his approach to the tapping is opposite to D, which says that he is feeling more intrigued about the mysterious succession of events.