Question

Read the second stanza of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.

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.

Which line from the stanza best supports the idea that the speaker wants to end his grief.

"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—

"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,"

Answer 1

Tone is the mood of the poem. In this stanza, the poem’s narrator is sad over his lost love. Words such as bleak express the narrator’s sadness at the loss of Lenore, the woman he loved.

Answer 2

Answer: "From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—"

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