Question

Read these lines from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”. Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; which sentence best explains how Poe builds suspense using alliteration ?

Answer 1

Edgar Allan Poe create the mood of melancholy in this excerpt of his poem, "The Raven"? "Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, an the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?" This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" Merely this, and nothing more."

Answer 2

B. the repeated d  sound creates a hard, jarring affect that makes the reader uneasy.