Question

Which lines in this excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" show the use of flashback?

Answer 1

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak & weary,

Over many a quaint & 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."

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,

And each separate dying ember wrought it's ghost upon the floor.

Eagerly I wished the morrow; -vainly I had sought to borrow

From my books surcrease of sorrow-sorrow for the lost Lenore-

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore-

Nameless here for evermore.

Answer: [A] Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak & weary,----

[B]Ah, distictly I remember it was in the bleak December.

Answer 2

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