read this excerpt from the raven. here i opened wide the door– darkness there and nothing more. deep into that darkness peering, long i stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals 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. which best describes the imagery the poet is creating in this excerpt?

a. the speaker goes to his bedroom door, opens the door, and finds his lover lenore standing in the dark on the other side

b. the speaker opens his bedroom door into darkness and there is nothing there so he closes the door quickly and runs back to bed.

c. the speaker opens his bedroom door, stands there a while, whispers into the darkness, “lenore,” and hears this word echo softly but nothing more.

d. the speaker opens his door as fast as he can to run into his room, away from the scary darkness in the hallway that has no lighting.

C. The speaker opens his bedroom door, stands there a while, whispers into the darkness, “Lenore,” and hears this word echo softly but nothing more.

Explanation: Imagery is a literary device that consists in detailed descriptions that help the author to evoke the reader's senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste or touch) and to create an image in the reader's mind. In the given excerpt from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, we can see how he uses imagery to describe the speaker opening his bedroom door, standing there a while, whispering into the darkness, “Lenore,” and hearing this word echo softly but nothing more.

chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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