Question

Read this stanza from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Answer 1

Answer:It introduces the story and sets up the coming events.

Explanation:The narrator is giving the background of the story and setting the mood.  The narrator is reading, the night is "dreary," and the narrator is awake although tired.  He hears someone knocking, but knows only that it is a visitor and thinks nothing much about it.