Question

Read the excerpt.

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 someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
In the final two lines of the excerpt from “The Raven,” Edgar Allen Poe emphasizes the interruption at the door by the repetition of which letter sound?


“m” sound

“w” sound

“k” sound

“p” sound

Answer 1

I do believe it is more of a "p" sound in the final two lines. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

D). 'P' sound.

Step-by-step explanation:

Repetition is described as one of the most commonly employed literary devices that involves repetition of similar words, sentences, or phrases to emphasize a point or idea in order to make it more clear and memorable for the audience.

In the given question, Poe stresses the interruption at the door through the repetition of letter sound 'P' in 'napping, tapping, rapping, at the chamber door.' The author highlights the intervention when he says 'suddenly there came a tapping' and repeatedly uses the sound 'P' consecutively in 'rapping, rapping...door.' Therefore, option D is the correct answer.