Who does the speaker eventually imagine is at the door in edgar allan poes " the raven"

The speaker comforts himself into believing that the tapping sound is a visitor who has come to see him.

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conversing outside - a.

queen elizabeth's purpose in the passage is;

d. to persuade the troops that she is a capable commander

"i have the heart and stomach of a king. i myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder."