“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?
the narrator/ her lover
2. What is the setting?
a long time ago, along the sea side
5. What lines inform you of Annabel’s death? (number)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. she froze to death
7. What does “coveted” (synonym from poem) mean, and who portrayed this
action?
they wanted to have them, constantly watching
8. What is a synonym for the word “angel”?
winged seraph
8.5. What line addresses the young age of the two loves?
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
9. In the 4th stanza, what sound device is “chilling and killing” an example
of?
rhyming
11.What is a synonym for tomb or crypt? Use a word from the poem.
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
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. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than
Of many far wiser than we-
we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
13. What is a synonym for “separate”?
dissever
15. Where are the angels located? Demons?
angels are in heaven and the demons are under the sea
16. Where does the speaker spend most of this time after the death of Annabel?
by her tomb
17. The speaker seems to have difficulty forgetting his love; what lines support
his inference? Write the number or the lines.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel
Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Lee;
Of the beautiful Annabel
18. What names does the speaker refer Annabel as?
my darling, my life and my bride
19. How did the speaker describe Annabel Lee?
beautiful, bright eyes
20. Which line does not make “sense” when dealing with the senses?
moon never beams starts never ride
“The Raven”
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, While
I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
1. In line (a) find the two words that are an example of internal rhyme and record
them:
dreary, weary
2. In line (b) find the three words that are an example of alliteration and record
them:
I nodded, nearly napping
3. “And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain...” In this
line find two words that are an example of assonance and record them:
silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
4. What is the setting of “The Raven”? Include month and weather.
December,thunderstorm
5. Explain the conflict in “The Raven.”
the raven reminds him of death, and his dead lover
6. In what ways does the author create “mood” in the opening stanza?
midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
7. Is there any indication that the narrator may have dreamt the entire episode?
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting,
dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
8. What is he hoping the Raven can tell him?
“Nevermore.”
9. Copy and identify one form of figurative language used in the poem:
whom unmerciful Disaster Followed
10. Throughout the poem, many words are repeated (ex: chamber, sorrow,
Nevermore, Lenore). Why does Poe do this? What type of effect does it have on
the reader?
it makes the mood very morbid
Textual Analysis
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.
made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady,
perched above my chamber door - Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my
chamber door -
11. Explain what happens in the stanza above:
the raven flies into the window and sits on top of his door
12. What word does the raven always use to answer the narrator’s questions?
nevermore
Directions: Answer the questions using the poem. (Use the hints in
parentheses to assist with the correct answer)
1. Who is the assumed speaker?
the narrator/ her lover
2. What is the setting?
a long time ago, along the sea side
5. What lines inform you of Annabel’s death? (number)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. she froze to death
7. What does “coveted” (synonym from poem) mean, and who portrayed this
action?
they wanted to have them, constantly watching
8. What is a synonym for the word “angel”?
winged seraph
8.5. What line addresses the young age of the two loves?
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
9. In the 4th stanza, what sound device is “chilling and killing” an example
of?
rhyming
11.What is a synonym for tomb or crypt? Use a word from the poem.
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
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. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than
Of many far wiser than we-
we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
13. What is a synonym for “separate”?
dissever
15. Where are the angels located? Demons?
angels are in heaven and the demons are under the sea
16. Where does the speaker spend most of this time after the death of Annabel?
by her tomb
17. The speaker seems to have difficulty forgetting his love; what lines support
his inference? Write the number or the lines.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel
Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Lee;
Of the beautiful Annabel
18. What names does the speaker refer Annabel as?
my darling, my life and my bride
19. How did the speaker describe Annabel Lee?
beautiful, bright eyes
20. Which line does not make “sense” when dealing with the senses?
moon never beams starts never ride
“The Raven”
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, While
I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
1. In line (a) find the two words that are an example of internal rhyme and record
them:
dreary, weary
2. In line (b) find the three words that are an example of alliteration and record
them:
I nodded, nearly napping
3. “And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain...” In this
line find two words that are an example of assonance and record them:
silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
4. What is the setting of “The Raven”? Include month and weather.
December,thunderstorm
5. Explain the conflict in “The Raven.”
the raven reminds him of death, and his dead lover
6. In what ways does the author create “mood” in the opening stanza?
midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
7. Is there any indication that the narrator may have dreamt the entire episode?
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting,
dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
8. What is he hoping the Raven can tell him?
“Nevermore.”
9. Copy and identify one form of figurative language used in the poem:
whom unmerciful Disaster Followed
10. Throughout the poem, many words are repeated (ex: chamber, sorrow,
Nevermore, Lenore). Why does Poe do this? What type of effect does it have on
the reader?
it makes the mood very morbid
Textual Analysis
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.
made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady,
perched above my chamber door - Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my
chamber door -
11. Explain what happens in the stanza above:
the raven flies into the window and sits on top of his door
12. What word does the raven always use to answer the narrator’s questions?
nevermore
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