Which line in this excerpt from edgar allan poe's the riven" clearly depict the speaker's grief over the loss of lenore and his frustration with the raven

Rev. simon hosack] entered fully into the feeling of suffering and sorrow which took possession of me when i discovered that a girl weighed less in the scale of being than a boy, and he praised my determination to prove the contrary. which best describes society's view of boys' and girls' abilities during the period in which elizabeth cady stanton lived?