The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe
#1 What meaning do the words “each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor” convey to the reader?
Read the following lines from the poem.

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow:—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here forevermore.

What meaning do the words “each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor” convey to the reader?


A. Winter was turning into spring.

B. The narrator kept seeing images of someone who had died.

C. The dying fire was casting shadows on the floor.

D. The narrator was sleeping.