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In The Raven, what is the speaker's initial reaction to the sound of a knock at the door?

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it is NOT frantic

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When the speaker first hears the tapping, he becomes anxious and feels that he is filled with "fantastic terrors." He attempts to calm himself by reasoning that he simply has a late-night visitor.

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