Read the following lines from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”:
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,
And the lamplight 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!
Which of the below words best helps create the mood of despair in the poem?
A. dreaming
B. chamber
C. shadow
D. nevermore
D. nevermore
Which of the following parenthetical citations is placed and punctuated correctly?
A. Edgar Allan Poe was born in Massachusetts in the early nineteenth century (Freeman 311).
B. Edgar Allan Poe (Freeman 311) was born in Massachusetts in the early nineteenth century.
C. Edgar Allan Poe (Freeman, 311) was born in Massachusetts in the early nineteenth century.
D. Edgar Allan Poe was born in Massachusetts in the early nineteenth century. (Freeman, 311)