Question

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct option is D: THE TAPPING, WHICH WAS SEEMINGLY INNOCENT, IS NOW SEEN AS MYSTERIOUS BY THE SPEAKER.

Explanation:

The raven is a narrative poem published by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe in 1845. The text that we have here is just an excerpt from the complete poem; despite it, we can say that the theme of the piece is related to something dark because it is common in Poe’s writing style; at the same time, we can affirm that something is making the protagonist feel uncomfortable and this is the constant tapping that he hears.

Related to the specific question: What is the effect of the last stanza mimicking the first? We can say that the correct option is OPTION D: THE TAPPING, WHICH WAS SEEMINGLY INNOCENT, IS NOW SEEN AS MYSTERIOUS BY THE SPEAKER. The reasons behind the answer have a relation with the word that changes: in the first stanza it says” only this and nothing more”, but in the last one, it says “darkness there and nothing more” where the darkness is symbolizing all that the protagonist cannot understand or even see.

In which respects to the other options, A: The speaker, disturbed from his sleep, is angered at the sudden tapping does not match with what Poe tells us because he writes that the tapping was constant (besides that he does not sleep all the times); B: The tapping has become more dramatic, but the speaker has grown disinterested cannot apply too due to he is not disinterested because the tapping is still disturbing his life; option C: The speaker, while initially upset, is now calm in his approach to the tapping is opposite to D, which says that he is feeling more intrigued about the mysterious succession of events.

Answer 2

Answer:

D

Explanation:

Because he finally opens the door, to find nothing.