Read these lines from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! prophet still if bird or devil!

By that Heaven that bends above us-by that God we

both adore,

Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distant

Aidenn,

It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name

Lenore-

Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name

Lenore."

Quoth the Raven-"Nevermore."

According to "The Philosophy of Composition," what is the significance of this

stanza to Poe?

O

A. He wrote this stanza after he wrote the last stanza.

O

B. He wrote this stanza after he wrote the first stanza.

O

c. He wrote this stanza first.

O

D. He wrote this stanza last.

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Nataly Spears

30 March, 13:36

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Maeve Hays · Answer 1

I think it is B: he wrote this stanza after he wrote the first stanza

That's a strange poem tho