Monday, October 14, 2013

Annabel Lee Questions

“Annabel Lee” Poetry Analysis

Directions: Answer the questions using the poem. (Use the hints in
parentheses to assist with the correct answer)

1. Who is the assumed speaker?
Anabel's old "lover."

1. What is the setting?
Allen Poe says "In a kingdom by the sea."

5. What lines inform you of Annabel’s death? (number)
I found her death being mentioned on line 18.

6. According to the speaker, why did Annabel die? Put the lines
that support this answer.
Allen Poe writes "that the wind came out of the cloud by night,

chilling and killing my Annabel Lee."

7. What does “coveted” (synonym from poem) mean, and who portrayed this
action?
Coveted means to yearn to have something. The angels made Allen Poe's main character and Anabel Lee fall in love with each other.

8. What is a synonym for the word “angel”?
Angel can also be referred to as a messenger.

8.5. What line addresses the young age of the two loves?
Line 7 is where I found Allen Poe mentioning that they were young.

9. In the 4th stanza, what sound device is “chilling and killing” an example
of?
"chilling and killing" is used to make a mood for the poem.

11.What is a synonym for tomb or crypt? Use a word from the poem.
Allen Poe mentions sepulcher as well as a tomb.

12. The speaker states that his and Annabel’s love is stronger than what two
groups of people? Write the number of the two lines that support this
statement or write the lines.
32-33 state the strength of the two's love.

13. What is a synonym for “separate”?
A synonym for separate is detached.

14. Line 34 is an example of what sound device?


15. Where are the angels located? Demons?


16. Where does the speaker spend most of this time after the death of Annabel?
He spends a lot of time in her sepulchral by the sea.

17. The speaker seems to have difficulty forgetting his love; what lines support
his inference? Write the number or the lines.
Line 33 states he cannot forget about his love for her.


18. What name does the speaker refer Annabel as?
The speaker refers to her a lot as darling.
19. How did the speaker describe Annabel Lee?
As an angel and beautiful.

20. Which line does not make “sense” when dealing with the senses?

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