C because it is the right answer
I think the answer would be Dance i don't think the any of choices above are correct.
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)
The blank should be filled with "cat". In other analogies, Siamese may be to Thailand, since it refers to the Thailand language, but in this particular analogy, the creator purposefully included hound is to dog before it, making the solver think of another pet, in which case can only be referring to the Siamese cat.
