How does the description of the setting as "midnight dreary" and "bleak december" affect "the raven"? a. it creates a mood of coziness, b. it creates a mood of defeat, c. it creates a mood of gloom, d. it creates a mood of winter

The correct answer is (C). The description of the setting as "midnight dreary" and "bleak December" affect the mood of "The Raven" written by Edgar Allan Poe by creating a mood of Gloom -  a state of depression, darkness and loneliness due to lost lover.

C. It creates a mood of Gloom the poems Poe makes are either horror or depressing