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Part III. The Literature of Romanticism Passage 4 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. 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 tried to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost. 1. Who is the writer of these lines? 2. What is the title of this poem from which the selection is selected? 3. Recognize the sound devices in the following lines. LI ________ L4 ________L7________ L10________ 4. Describe the mood of this poem. Answers: 1. Edgar Allan Poe 2. The Raven 3. LI—Alliteration, L4—Onomatopoeia, L7—Internal rhyme, L10—Assonance 4. A sense of melancholy over the death of a beloved beautiful young woman pervades the whole poem, the portrayal of a young man grieving for his lost Leno-re, his grief turned to madness under the steady one-word repetition of the talking bird. Passage 5 Lo! in you brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy-Land! 1. This is the last stanza of a poem To Helen. Who wrote this poem To Heleni 2. With whom is Helen associated in Line 4 of the present stanza? 3. Who is Psyche? Answers 1. Edgar Allan Poe 2. Psyche 3. Psyche is the goddess of the soul in Greek mythology. Passage 6 To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with