Question

Read the following lines from "The Raven":

Once upon a midnight *dreary*, while pondering, *weak* and *weary*, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-----
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Is 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.

What mood do the italicizes words help create?

A. Anger
B. Anxiousness
C. Despair
D. Restlessness

Answer 1

What mood do the italicizes words help create?
the answer is c. dispair

Answer 2

C. Despair

Step-by-step explanation:

Thee mood refers to the predominant emotion or feeling in a story, and which it's created through the choice of words, phrases and tone used to describe and narrate. The words "dreary", "weak", "weary", "bleak" and "dying" are all word with a sad, dark and hopeless connotation and they all evoke in the reader a feeling of complete despondency and despair.