How does Poe create suspense in this stanza? by allowing the speaker to retreat from all danger

by revealing that the tapping is caused by the wind

by having the speaker explore the mysterious noise

Edgar Allan Poe create suspense in this stanza by not revealing the source of the noise, because no one is standing at the door when the speaker opened the door. The correct option is C. In the excerpt given above, the speaker was sleeping in his room when he heard someone knocking his door. Before he open the door, he was explain to the knocker while he he did not open the door earlier; when he eventually opened the door, nobody was at the door.