Question

Which two phrases in this excerpt from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe help establish the setting?

Answer 1

Answer:

midnight dreary and bleak December

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: 'Once upon a midnight dreary' and 'Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December' help establish the setting.

Explanation:

The setting is a literary element that provides us with the information about the time and/or place in which a particular story happens.

In Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, the setting is explained in the first line of the poem, where the narrator tells us that the story takes place at night (around midnight). Moreover, the word 'dreary' indicates that the atmosphere is depressing.

In the following line: 'Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December', the narrator provides more information by telling us that the event that he is about to describe took place in December.