9. 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
there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. WTis some visitor," Im
in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished
Lenore- For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore- Nameless here for evermore. Ar
never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating "Tis some visitor entreatin
is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "Sir," said I, "or Madam,
faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you" here I opened
Which words contribute to the dark, mysterious mood?
dreary, bleak, dying, sorrow
angels, silken, Lenore, forgiveness
napping, quaint, morrow, faintly
rustling, borrow, chamber, books