Answer:
C. State a position
Explanation:
I calculated it logically
“…I had, of course, in the great tradition of tragic romance, chosen to love a boy who was totally out of my reach.”
The "unique or single effect" that Poe is attempting to express in this passage is B. SORROW.
It shows how she has waited for a long time to be loved by the person she has loved. That person is the "me" in the poem.
Many and many a year ago depicts a very long time of unrequited love or a one-sided love at stated by the text "no other thought than to love and be loved by me".
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