Which statement BEST summarizes the passage?

A letter from Roderick Usher which gave a nervous agitation in itself was the basic outline that summarizes this passage.

Explanation:

Roderick Usher was one of narrator's companions in his boyhood. It has been several years since he last met Roderick. A letter, which was very personal, was received by the narrator now. In the letter, there was a message about a mental illness that depressed him both, physically and psychologically.

In the letter, the narrator could feel how empty and lonely Roderick was feeling because of the words he used to express his pain.

The statement: An earnest desire to see me, as his best and indeed his only personal friend, a view of attempting some alleviation of his malady (grief) - best describes the passage

this answer was editing it cause i couldn't delete!

the answer should be the first one. "many people find his lyrics very moving."

it by far makes the most grammatical sense and is very objective, removing any first person from the original sentence and keeping with the sentence fluency.