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Read the following lines from "The Raven":

Once upon a midnight dreary, while pondering, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-----

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "Is 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.


What mood do the italicizes words help create?

AAnger
BAnxiousness
CDespair
DRestlessness

Verified Answer :

What mood do the italicizes words help create?
 the answer is c. dispair

Answer:

C. Despair

Explanation:

Thee mood refers to the predominant emotion or feeling in a story, and which it's created through the choice of words, phrases and tone used to describe and narrate. The words "dreary", "weak", "weary", "bleak" and "dying" are all word with a sad, dark and hopeless connotation and they all evoke in the reader a feeling of complete despondency and despair.