Annabel Lee By Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love I and my Annabel Lee With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we Of many far wiser than we And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling my darling my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Learning Target: I can cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 1. What does the following line from the poem suggest about their love for one another: Their love is so strong that even angels in heaven envy them. A. They have a strong, powerful love. B. They have a good, kind love. C. They have a sweet, sensitive love. D. They have a simple, innocent love. 2. Which excerpt from the poem shows that Annabel Lee made the narrator s life more meaningful? A. And this maiden she lived with no other thought/thank to love and be loved by me/we loved with a love that was more than love? B. When I was a child and she was a child C. In this kingdom by the sea D. My beautiful Annabel Lee 3. Because the poet is so grief-stricken, what does he do every night? A. Speaks to her as if she were alive B. Prays to join her in heaven C. Lies next to her in her tomb D. Blames the angels for taking her 4. In lines 15 and 16, to what sense does the cold temperature of the blowing wind refer? A. The weather B. The sickness C. The rain D. The sadness Learning Target: I can determine the theme or central idea of a poem. 5. What is a theme of the poem? A. Things are not always as they seems B. Never give up on your dreams. C. Love is powerful and everlasting. D. Good always triumphs over evil. 6. What tone does the author express toward Annabel Lee? A. Devoted B. Honesty C. Kindness D. Pride
7. Poets use rhythm and meter to convey meaning and mood in poems? What mood does Poe convey in this poem? A. Pride B. Freedom C. Happiness D. Grief Learning Target: I can analyze how particular elements of a story interact. 8. How does the rhythm add to the mood, or feeling, of the poem? And the moon never beams without bringing me dreams/ A. The poem has some rhyme but not in each line. B. The poem is complicated but flows well. C. The poem has poetic devices and rhythm. D. The poem is easy to read and is like a sad love song. 9. How do alliteration and repetition influence the poem? A. They help to create effective imagery. B. They create a musical, dreamy quality C. They make it easier to read. D. They show rhyme and repetition. 10. How does imagery influence the mood of the poem? A. It shows the similarities between death and grief. B. It shows the contrast between peculiar and common. C. It shows the similarities between beauty and kindness. D. It shows a contrast between beautiful images and death images. 11. What poetic device is used in the following example: not half so happy in heaven? A. simile B. alliteration C. metaphor D. rhyme Learning Target: I can determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text. 12. To what sense does the imagery A wind blew out of a cloud by night/chilling my Annabel Lee appeal? A. Taste B. Feeling C. Sound D. Sight 13. In Annabel Lee, the poet suffers the ultimate loss. What does the word ultimate mean as used here? A. End or stop B. Last or final C. Top or end D. Closing or conclusive
14. What is the meaning of the word sepulcher as it is used in the following lines from the poem: To shut her up in a sepulchre/in this kingdom by the sea.? A. Cottage B. Boat C. Cave D. Tomb 15. What is the meaning of the word seraphs as it is used in the following lines from the poem: With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven/Coveted her and me.? A. Clouds B. Butterflies C. Angels D. Birds Learning Target: I can analyze how a poem s form or structure contributes to its meaning. 16. For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee Which of the following helps create the mood in this poem? A. Punctuation B. Rhythm C. Imagery D. Repetition 17. The lines of the poem alternate in length between a long line and a short line as in the first stanza of the poem. What does this suggest? A. The highs and lows of their relationship B. The rise and fall of the tides C. The life and death of Annabel Lee D. The hope and despair he feels 18. What does the use of the alliteration in the following lines create in the poem? But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we Of many far wiser than we A. Happiness sound patterns B. Loneliness sound patterns C. Anxious sound patterns D. Pleasing sound patterns