I think the answer you are searching for is:
"On the fast track to madness due to the loss of his lover Lenore, the speaker in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" would like nothing more than for the raven to give him good news about her return. When he asks the bird if he and Lenore will be reunited in Heaven, it accordingly responds "Nevermore!"
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I would say the answer is d. just as
This is because you are comparing the similarities between two things. The other words either contrast the two things or explain the relationship instead of comparing it.
The Great Depression happened in the 1920's and 1930's due to many economic disasters such as the Market Crash in 1929 and bad mistakes by the President (Hoover)