Question

What does the speaker of “The Raven” have in common with the poet Edgar Allan Poe?

Answer 1

oth the speaker and Poe suffered mental anguish and misery on losing their companions.

Both the speaker and Poe believed that they interacted with a talking raven.

Both the speaker and Poe lost a woman that they loved named Lenore.

Both the speaker and Poe had become orphaned at a very young age.

Answer 2

thank you for providing the answer choices

the main focus of the poem is the speaker mourning over Lenore which would point us towards either A or C as possible candidates (the narrator does not mention anything about orphaning, and there's no evidence that Poe actually interacted with a talking raven)

doing a bit of research tells us that Lenore is a fictional character based on Poe's late wife Virginia Clemm. with that being said what might be the better choice between A and C?