Which phrase from the first stanza of "The Raven" creates the most suspense by making a question appear in the minds of the speaker and reader? Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary While I nodded, nearly napping suddenly there came a tapping.

How does gatsby smile at nick? why is this important?

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that

According to the first stasimon, the chorus appears certain that oedipus is the murder true false