I believe the answer is, Because all people experienced periods of gloomy weather before. From what I've learned i believe that's the answer. Hope I helped!
It is a system of voting that allows a citizen to individually number and rank all candidates for both houses of parliament according to their preferences. Which means a citizen's vote can still be counted, even if their first choice of candidate is eliminated due to a lack of votes.
The poem is about personally inflicted pain due to loss of love (like a breakup) "is there a balm in Gilead?" is actually a Bible reference, Gilead is a part of modern day Jordan, known for it's healing ointment. The narrator is really asking if there is any healing. The narrator continually asks dark questions of the raven fully knowing that the answer is always, "nevermore" therefore inflicting a sort of mental torture. Some people cut themselves, this guy asks birds what they think.
(not putting down self harmers, I'm one myself)
He was friends with Frederick and he was against racism
The answer is going to be c