What type of mood is created in this excerpt from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe? Select all the correct answers. Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping something louder than before. "Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice; Let me see, then, what thereat is and this mystery explore— Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;— 'Tis the wind and nothing more. Mysterious Tragic Hopeless Lonely Fearfu
This excerpt is lonely and mysterious. It is lonely because it sounds like the one speaking is locking their soul or internal feelings into a place of their own, a place of solitude. The mystery comes in because one must slow down and explore their own heart and thoughts. What exactly is it we are looking for inside ourselves?
