Read the following passage:
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow sorrow for the lost Lenore
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore-
Nameless here for evermore.
What is most closely the central theme of this passage?
The narrator attempts to distract himself from his grief through reading.
Lenore no longer has a name because she is dead.
The events recounted happened in December
The fire throws shadows on the floor that look like ghosts.