Read these lines from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Which of these best describes the tone in these lines?

A.
Playful

B.
Frightening

C.
Formal

D.
Slow

A. Playful