Question

Read the excerpt from "The Raven."

Answer 1

Answer: what the curtains sound like, which creates a suspenseful mood

Explanation: In this excerpt from "The Raven", by Edgar Allan Poe, the alliteration help readers imagine is what the curtains sound like, and the mood that this sound creates is a suspenseful mood. The narrator is reading on a bleak December night to forget that his beloved Lenore is dead. The sudden noise of the curtains fill him with fear, "...filled me with fantastic terrors". He tries to convince himself that it is some visitor and nothing more.

Answer 2

What the material of the curtain is like and the mood is calm