Question

From “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered— Till I scarcely more than muttered, “Other friends have flown before— On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.” Then the bird said, “Nevermore.” In this excerpt, what is the speaker saying the raven will do? It will befriend the speaker. It will certainly die. It will leave immediately. It will leave the next day.

Answer 1

Answer: It will leave the next day.

Explanation:

In this poem by Edgar Allan Poe, the speaker deals with a loss of his lover, when he is visited by a strange guest - a raven that repeats the same word - "nevermore."

The raven lands on a bust of Pallas, and, when the narrator asks him about his name, the raven only utters: "nevermore." The narrator then assumes that the raven will leave him just like his friends did:

"On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.”

On the morrow is an Old English expression that has a meaning "the next day." The correct answer is, thus, that the speaker says that the raven will leave the next day.