Read the fifth stanza from “The Raven.” Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"
Merely this and nothing more.

How does this incident move the action of the poem forward?

This is a turning point in the poem, as the speaker begins to accept his loss.

The speaker refers to Lenore for the very first time here; the reader does not yet know who Lenore is.

This is a turning point in the poem, as the speaker begins to descend into madness.

The speaker again refers to Lenore, and the reader sees that his sorrow is all about his lost love.

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Explanation:

By reading the stanza, you can tell he is really struck with fear when he realizes there isn't anyone at his door. You can also tell he is desperate for his wife by how he calls to her, even with her being dead and no one in sight. He calls to her as if there is slight hope that it is her coming back from the dead.

The narrator stares into the darkness. He stares. He stares some more. He starts dreaming about the impossible and finally whispers “Lenore.” “Lenore” is echoed back.

Explanation:

We begin to sense the heartbreak experienced by the narrator. He so longs for his lost love that he begins whispering her name, desperately hoping for a response. Does he actually hear a response or is he hallucinating?

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)