Read these first four stanzas of the poem.
From "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe 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 visito" I muttered, tapping at my chamber door-Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow-vainly I had sought to borrow From my books
surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore-For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore-Nameless here for evermore. And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me-filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before, So that now, to still the
beating of my heart, I stood repeating "Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-This it is and nothing more." Presently my soul grew stronger, hesitating then no longer, "Sic" said L, "or Madam, truly your
forgiveness I implore. But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping. And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you"-here I opened wide the door-Darkness there and nothing more
Which words contribute to the dark, mysterious mood?
angels, silken, Lenore, forgiveness
dreary, bleak, dying, sorrow
rusting borrow, chamber, books
napping, quaint, morrow, faintly