Part B: Which TWO of the following quotes best support the answer to Part A?


A. "Tis some visitor,’ I muttered, ‘tapping at my chamber door — / Only this and nothing more. ’" (Lines 5-6)

B. "Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow / From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — " (Lines 9-10)

C. "Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking / Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — / What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking 'Nevermore. " (Lines 69-72)

D. "Prophet!’ said I, ‘thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil! — / Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore’" (Lines 85-86)

E. "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming, / And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; / And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor / Shall be lifted —nevermore!" (Lines 105-108)