In the raven, what is most likely the author's reason for putting the poem into
stanzas of five octameter lines, each ending with a short and flat statement?
a) the author wants to create a lively, comic atmosphere.
b) the author wants to build an ominous mood through repetition.
oc) the author puts pauses after the stanzas create confusion.
d) the poet wants to make the confrontation with the raven peaceful.

Which statement best explains orwell's feelings about his role as a british police officer living in burma? a.) orwell dislike the imperialist practices of the british but also dislike the treatment he received from the burmese

Which excerpts from the war of the worldseffectively use setting to provide a contrast to the horror of the plot? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldshe remained standing at the edge of the pit that the thing had made for itself, staring at its strange appearance, astonished chiefly at its unusual shape and colour, and dimly perceiving even then some evidence of design in its arrival. the early morning was wonderfully still, and the sun, just clearing the pine trees towards weybridge, was already warm.they shouted consolation and promises, and went off back to the town again to get . one can imagine them, covered with sand, excited and disordered, running up the little street in the bright sunlight just as the shop folks were taking down their shutters and people were opening their bedroom windows.it was glaringly hot, not a cloud in the sky nor a breath of wind, and the only shadow was that of the few scattered pine trees. the burning heather had been extinguished, but the level ground towards ottershaw was blackened as far as one could see, and still giving off vertical streamers of smoke.an enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visible a mile and a half away. the heather was on fire eastward, and a thin blue smoke rose against the dawn.

How does the excerpt offer comic relief?