Question

The Raven


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.”

The poem begins with the speaker...

worrying about the terrible weather.

sleeping through the tapping at his door.

exhausted from building a chamber door.

relaxing when he hears a knock at his door.

Answer 1

The poem begins with the speaker **worrying about the terrible weather.** The imagery of "midnight dreary" suggests a dark and perhaps stormy night, creating a sense of unease and anticipation.