Which of the words in the poem rhyme:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
(The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe)

dreary, weary

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weak, weary

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pondered, lore

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Solution

The correct option is C dreary, weary
Rhyming words are those words that have the same last sound: some examples are cry - fry, able - table and so on. According to this, option A is the correct answer as 'deary' and 'weary' have the same last sound.
Options B, C and D are incorrect because they do not adhere to the above-mentioned rule.

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Which of the words in the poem rhyme:Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,(The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe)

Which of the words in the poem rhyme:
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
(The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe)