Question

What type of mood is created in this excerpt from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery explore
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;-
Tis the wind and nothing more.
O mysterious
tragic
O O O O O
hopeless
lonely
fearful

Answer 1

It's hard to tell what the options are lol, but I'd say Mysterious.

The narrator hears tapping -- neither he nor the reader knows what it is. The core of the word mysterious is mystery, and this provokes a question our minds; what could it be?