B. the deeper message of a literary work
The speaker begins to tell a story or anecdote about this time when he went to see a really smart astronomer<span> speak. The word "</span>learn'd<span>" </span>means<span> "smart" or, more accurately, "well-educated."</span>
B.) to find a synonym for a word that the writer has used repeatedly and wants to vary.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door—
<span> Only this and nothing more."</span>
