Read these first four stanzas of the poem. From "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore- While I nodded, nearly
napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-- Only this, and nothing
more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; -vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore- For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore- Nameless here for evermore. And the silken, sad, uncertain
rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating "Tis some visitor entreating entrance
at my chamber door-Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;- This it is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, or
Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I
heard you"-here I opened wide the door;- Darkness there and nothing more.
Which words contribute to the dark, mysterious mood?
dreary, bleak, dying, sorrow
angels, silken, Lenore, forgiveness
rustling, borrow, chamber, books
napping, quaint, morrow, faintly