Read the opening stanza of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door—
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more."

Which best describes the tone of this poem?
angry and frustrated
melodramatic and somber
businesslike and matter-of-fact
funny and hilarious

Question

Read the opening stanza of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door—
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door—
                    Only this and nothing more."

Which best describes the tone of this poem?
angry and frustrated
melodramatic and somber
businesslike and matter-of-fact
funny and hilarious

anonymous · Answer

b

eclipsedstar · Answer

Melodramatic and somber because the excerpt is not "angry", "businesslike", and "funny". It displays a somber (gloomy) tone.