All dreaded it—all sought to avert it.
What is the meaning of the word avert as it is used in the second paragraph?
A) to break or to damage
B) to ward off or to prevent
C) to hasten or to encourage
D) to give a false appearance of

B

Explanation:

If you dread something like homework, you would want to avert it/prevent yourself from doing it

once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered, weak and weary,

explanation:

well there are a bunch of different possibilities so your gonna have to be a bit more specific