Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP Prep Practice Exam

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"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary" is the opening of which poem?

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe.
A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allen Poe.
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.
Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe.

The correct answer is: The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe.

This opening line "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary" is a very famous and memorable line from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven". It is not the opening line for any of the other listed poems, making them incorrect options. "A Dream Within A Dream" starts with "Take this kiss upon the brow" and "The Road Not Taken" famously begins with "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood". "Annabel Lee" starts with "It was many and many a year ago". While all of these are beloved and well-known poems, they do not begin with the same words as the given line, making them incorrect options for this question. Therefore, the correct answer is A.