The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe #4 What meaning do the words “what it utters is its only stock and store” convey to the reader?
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
“Doubtless,” said I, “what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore—
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of ‘Never—nevermore.’”

What meaning do the words “what it utters is its only stock and store” convey to the reader?

A. The bird has only learned how to speak one word.

B. The bird has run out of food and is asking to be fed.

C. The bird has spent its entire life feeling miserable all the time.

D. The bird has escaped from its owner and is seeking a place to hide.