Question

Read the fifth stanza from “The Raven.”

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"
Merely this and nothing more.

A.How does this incident move the action of the poem forward?

B.The speaker again refers to Lenore, and the reader sees that his sorrow is all about his lost love.

C.The speaker refers to Lenore for the very first time here; the reader does not yet know who Lenore is.

D.This is a turning point in the poem, as the speaker begins to descend into madness.

E.This is a turning point in the poem, as the speaker begins to accept his loss.​

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

D.

Step-by-step explanation:

As often with the works of Edgar Allen Poe, insanity is to be expected. When Poe describes a dark and morbid setting it makes you the reader feel alone and scared. Crying out to the dead as if they were still there is often telling the reader something is going to happen to the main character and it involves the person. This is called foreshadowing, and this specifically shows a clear descend into madness.