Annabel Lee
What does the word seraphs mean as it is used in the poem?
"with a love that the winged seraphs of heaven"
Seraphs are angels.
The opening line of Sonnet 18 asks this rhetorical question.
What is, "Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?"
What poetic form is Sonnet 18 written in?
Sonnet
In the final stanza, these supernatural creatures are described as the ones ringing the bells.
Ghouls.
"She sells sea shells" is a classic example of this device, which repeats the beginning consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
Poe uses the words "came, cloud, and killing" what type of figurative language is he using?
He is using alliteration.
Shakespeare says "rough winds do shake the darling buds of may" what kind of figurative language is he using?
He is using imagery.
Sonnet 18 has a rhyme scheme, what is it?
fixed/regular rhyme scheme (ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG)
Poe uses this literary technique, where the word imitates the sound it describes, in the phrase "How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle".
Onomatopoeia.
This sound device involves the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words in close proximity (e.g., "pitter-patter").
What is consonance?
What is the tone of Annabel Lee?
mournful, dark, obsessive
What is the tone of Sonnet 18?
admiring and affectionate
A stanza consisting of two lines that usually rhyme and have the same meter.
What is a couplet?
A phrase that describes the opposite of what is expected, such as a romantic highwayman who is killed by soldiers.
Irony (or Situational Irony).
True or False: Alliteration must involve the exact same letter, not just the same sound.
What is False?
What is the theme of Annabel Lee?
Love lasts even after death.
What is the theme of Sonnet 18?
Poetry preserves love and beauty forever.
This is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
What is Meter?
The poem's (Incident In a Rose Garden) irony is revealed when Death reveals he has no appointment with the gardener, but rather with this person.
The Master (or the owner of the garden).
Identify the assonance in this line: "Try to light the fire".
What is the long 'i' sound?
By using words like "maiden," "kinsman," and "kingdom," the poem is often classified as this type of narrative genre.
What is a ballad (or a fairytale)?
Which figurative language in sonnet 18 best appeals to the audiences emotions?
The metaphor - By comparing the beloved to a "summer's day" only to show the beloved is superior ("more temperate"), Shakespeare evokes feelings of admiration and intimacy.
This type of rhyme occurs at the very end of lines of poetry.
What is End Rhyme?
The four stanzas of "The Bells" are often interpreted as representing the four stages of this.
Life (or human experience).
This device is used to emphasize an idea or feeling by reiterating words, phrases, or lines.
What is repetition?