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“In speaking of my mother you have touched a string to which my heart fully responds. To have known her is to be an object of great interest in my eyes. I myself never knew her—and never knew the affection of a father. Both died (as you may remember) within a few weeks of each other. I have many occasional dealings with Adversity—but the want of parental affection has been the heaviest of my trials.”


In this passage, the author quotes Poe to define

A. a cause of his dark themes.
B. an effect of his dark themes.
C. the central idea of his dark themes.
D. the relationships in his dark themes.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is A.

Answer 2

In the passage, the author quotes Poe to define A. a cause of his dark themes.

What is a theme?

It should be noted that a theme simply means the underlying message that's conveyed by the author in a literary work.

In this case, in the passage, the author quotes Poe to define a cause of his dark themes.

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