Question
What is most closely the central theme of the passage below?
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon, the floor.
Eagerly wished the morrow; vainly had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore -
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore.
A. The narrator attempts to distract himself from his grief through reading.
• B. The fire throws shadows on the floor that look Ike ghosts.
C. Lenore no longer has a name because she is dead.
D. The events recounted happened in December.
Answer
C. Lenore no longer has a name because she is dead.