Read the first stanza of the poem "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”

Which line from the stanza best supports the idea that the speaker wasn't expecting anyone to come by?

"'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door—'"

"As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door"

"While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,"

"Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—"

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

Which is these is not a benefit of parallel structure? a)clarity b)classification c)emphasis d)balance

Who is not a member of rome’s second triumvirate?