Question

What is the effect of the organization of this poem? A) The urgency of the matter becomes more evident. B) The speaker's reaction gets less pronounced. C) The suspense gives way to tranquility over time. D) The speaker's paranoia becomes more pronounce

I think the answer is D. The speaker's paranoia becomes more pronounce

Answer 1

I agree with you - choice D

Explanation:

It's a close one for me between A and D, but I think D wins out.

I prefer D over A because the narrator does become more and more paranoid (in between his memories of "his lost Lenore") - just look at how he freaks out about curtains! But the urgency of the matter doesn't really seem to grow - it's not like the tap tap tapping at the chamber door increases or becomes more pronounced - it's just the narrator forcing himself to deal with a nuisance that ends up being nothing (at least at this point in the poem...)