Is there a paragraph you have to read?
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)
Hyperbole -- this is basically an exaggeration.
" he wept so loudly that all Egyptians heard it " . Really, all of them...every single person in Egypt heard it ? lol...I think not
Um... I think it means that they wanna be Jackie Chan because he has a better future and he is better at karate
Answer: "Two French brothers built the first hot air balloon, warming the air inside with smoke so it would rise."
This sentence covers who did the action, what the action was, and the end result. The other sentences on give a partial idea of the sequence and full events.