My impressions of the narrator in "The Raven," is that the narrator is had kind of lost it. He's mad in the head. That is my impression of the narrator because in the poem he spent an awfully long while being thrilled with the fact that someone knocked on his door. Only to open the door to nothing more but darkness.
When you talk about "Wave" Dale characterizes water as an element that gives life. Some people can think it is giving and taking life, but the correct option in here is A. gives life. Hope this can help