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 weboth adore,Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distantAidenn,It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels nameLenore—Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels nameLenore."Quoth the Raven—"Nevermore."
According to "The Philosophy of Composition," what did Poe achieve when he wrote this stanza?
AHe decided on the effect of the poem.
BHe wrote the ending.
CHe established the climax.
""Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! prophet still if bird or devil!By that Heaven that bends above us—by that God weboth adore,Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distantAidenn,It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels nameLenore—Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels nameLenore."Quoth the Raven—"Nevermore."
According to "The Philosophy of Composition," what did Poe achieve when he wrote this stanza?
AHe decided on the effect of the poem.
BHe wrote the ending.
CHe established the climax.