Question

guided practice
through poe’s use of first - person, readers get a growing sense of the speaker’s despair. what does the speaker mean when he tells the raven, “leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!”
a. he does not want the raven to continue to fly around.
b. he is concerned the raven will make the chamber dirty.
c. he does not want the raven to leave him.
d. he is desperate to remove all traces of the raven.

Explanation:

In Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, the speaker is consumed by grief and despair tied to the raven, which symbolizes his inescapable sorrow. His command to leave no black plume (a trace) reflects his desperate urge to erase all reminders of the raven, and thus the pain and hopelessness it represents, from his life.

Answer:

D. He is desperate to remove all traces of the raven.