Stanza Two Annotation
Stanza one: He is thinking about his wife at midnight one night. He is almost asleep, but tapping wakes him. He is thinking it is someone at the door. He thinks he has a visitor. Stanza two: He remembers it was December. He wished it was tomorrow. His books had sad endings because of the loss of his wife. Her name was Lenore. Stanza three: Sadness of each purple curtain filled him with terror. He stood saying that some visitor was at the entrance of the door. Stanza four: He no longer hesitated. He told whoever was at the door he was napping when they came tapping at the door. He opened the door. Stanza five: He looked outside, but nobody was there. He was thinking things he shouldn’t. There was still silence. Then, he heard somebody say
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