Edgar Allan Poe Annabel Lee

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Annabel Lee

Stanza 1

Stanza 2

Stanza 3

Stanza 4

Stanza 5

Stanza 6

1. What is one of the main themes of this poem?

1. the grief of losing a loved one
2. the revenge of a loved one
3. eternal power of love
4. the importance of family

2. What is the tone? "It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea"

1. optimistic
2. light
3. melancholic
4. critical

3. "Nor the demons down under the sea..."

1. alliteration
2. simile
3. personification

4. "... can ever dissever..."

1. alliteration
2. assonance
3. simile

5. "... my soul from the soul of the beautiful Annabel Lee"

1. simile
2. alliteration
3. repetition
4. metaphor

6. "That the wind came out of the cloud by night chilling and killing my Annabel Lee."

1. personification
2. simile
3. metaphor

7. "That the wind came out of the cloud by night chilling and killing my Annabel Lee."

1. metaphor
2. assonance
3. simile

8. Of my darling - my darling - my wife and my bride

1. assonance
2. repetition
3. simile
4. alliteration

9. "And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by her side"

1. assonance
2. metaphor
3. alliteration
4. simile

10. "In her tomb by the sounding sea."

1. simile
2. assonance
3. alliteration

Creative writing

Watch the scene. In groups discuss how the scene develops/ends. 

Write a short script.