In the first verse, there are adjectives dreary and weak that emphasize the melodramatic tone of the poem. The somber atmosphere evokes a poetic picture of a dark night and someone who is a visitor ruins the quiet evening. The subject in the poem is sleeping and someone is disturbing his peace. There are not many actions in the first stanza of the poem. The melodramatic and somber tone of the poem is ruined by quiet knocking. Also ,the visitor is a raven who is only " tapping at my chamber door".
If you look deep into the question, the answer would be telling someone something bad gently but if you were to look light into the question, the answer would just be rain comming down gently
