Sentence Frames 1
The speaker tells us that he and Annabel Lee were ______.
in love
"In the kingdom by the sea" is an example of which poetic device?
repetition
The speaker calls Annabel Lee a ______, which lets us know that she is young.
maiden
Without saying that she was dead, the speaker tells us how her "kinsman" ______ came and took her away from him.
KINSMEN refers to __________.
a member of her family
“The wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee”.
Which figurative device is being used here?
Personification
The speaker lets us know that both he and Annabel Lee were ______ when this happened - "I was a child and she was a child."
young
The speaker goes on to say that neither the angels in heaven or the ______ who live under the water can stop their love.
demons
The angels apparently "coveted" the narrator and Annabel Lee.
To COVET means to ______ something, usually something that doesn't belong to you.
want
The speaker tells us how the family "bore" her from him.
In this context, BORE means ______.
carried her away
The speaker tells us that he and Annabel "loved with a love that was more than love."
Their love was so special that the "seraphs" in heaven noticed them. What are SERAPHS?
angels
This poem begins like a ______, telling us that the story we are about to hear happened ______ in a "kingdom by the sea."
*fairy tale
*"many a year ago"
We can feel the speaker's ______ at losing Annabel, and we can tell that he feels she is being stolen from him.
pain
To "shut her up" in a "sepulchre."
SEPULCHRE is another word for a ______; something you might see in a cemetery.
tomb
What is the MOOD of the poem?
sad
Although the poem may refer to a number of women in Poe's life, most acknowledge it to be in memory of ______, Poe's wife who married him at the age of thirteen and who died in 1847 before she turned twenty-five.
Virginia Clemm
The speaker blames the terrible turn of events on the ______. Their ______ was the reason why a wind came down from a cloud, “chilling” her.
angels
jealousy
Nothing can erase the ______ of Annabel Lee and stop him from loving her.
memory
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee
To DISSEVER means to ______.
separate
How does the rhythm of the poem affect its TONE?
A sing-song tone, which supports the feeling of a beautiful fairy tale.
It becomes very musical, almost as if Poe is singing a love song to Annabel Lee.
If the speaker himself were "highborn" he probably wouldn't think to mention this. Since he does, it gives us a little hint of a ______.
conflict
______ and ______are trying to tear these two apart.
Death
Annabel's family
Their love is ______, and that nothing can tear them apart.
eternal
If the speaker himself were "highborn" he probably wouldn't think to mention this at all.
aristocratic, noble, royalty
In line 10, “seraphs in heaven”, alludes to the Bible when it degrades the angels to the level of demons.
Which literary and figurative device is being used here?
Allusion
“Than to love and be loved by me” and “But we loved with a love that was more than love–”.
Which figurative device is being used here?
Alliteration