Question

Which sentence uses brackets correctly?

Since the speaker is going mad, I wonder if it [the raven] is actually perched above the door.

Since the speaker is going mad, I wonder if [it the raven] is actually perched above the door.

[Since the speaker is going mad], I wonder if it the raven is actually perched above the door.

Since the speaker is going mad, [I wonder if] it the raven is actually perched above the door.

Answer 1

the first one is the correct answer

Answer 2

The first one. Think of it as this. Take out the phrase the brakets are around and no one know what you're writing about. When you put the brakets in the setence with the terms you are telling the audience what "it" is