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

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."

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.



Answer :

Final answer:

The lines 'Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December' and 'Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow' show flashback in 'The Raven'.


Explanation:

The two lines from the excerpt that show the use of flashback are:

  1. 'Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December'
  2. 'Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow'

In these lines, the narrator recalls a past event, indicating a shift to a previous time within the narrative.


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