How does the theme of self-destruction emerge in the poem?
A. The narrator grieveing for his lost love, Lenore, obsesses about seeing her again.
B. The narrator states that his soul is burning after discovering that Lenore is not outside his bedroom door.
C. The narrator stares at the bird perched on the bust above his door and screams at it to leave.
D. The narrator continually asks the raven distressing questions, knowing the answer will always be
the same.

Now close reading is an essential and foundational skill needed to succeed in any language arts course. acquiring this skill will you form a strategy when writing about literature. you will be required to perform and develop this skill as you progress through this course and other courses in your school career. identify and discuss your areas of strength in language arts. what do you do well? what do you like doing in a course like this? why do those tasks work well for you? you can also identify a challenge you have that you’d like to work on throughout this course. use this discussion as an opportunity to give advice to your classmates based on your stronger skills and to ask for with skills you are still developing.