Question

Read the verse. From “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— Only this, and nothing more.” In the verse, which line indicates the time when the events of “The Raven” occur?

Answer 1

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, " contains the time you're looking for. In that line, it indicates it's in the late hours of the night, presumably midnight.

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Answer 2

Answer: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,..."

Explanation: The line from this verse of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, which indicates the time when the events occur is "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,...". The narrator is reading on a bleak December night to forget that his beloved Lenore is dead. Is at midnight when a sudden noise fills him with fear. He tries to convince himself that it is some visitor and nothing more.