Theme
True love
What is the theme of Annabel Lee?
rhyming
ex. rhyming words in the middle and end of the first and third lines of each stanza
What are the literary devices in The Raven?
“I looked upon the scene before me—upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain"
What is a quote from Fall of the House of Usher?
Gothic elements stormy nights, sad, grief, psychological torment, and missing someone
What is The Raven?
subject of the death of a young, beautiful, and dearly beloved woman
What is the subject of Annabel Lee?
revenge and substance abuse
What is the theme of Cask of Amontillado?
metaphor
ex. the object represented the family
What are the literary devices in Fall of the House of Usher?
"To be alone is where I believe I have found myself"
What is a quote from Alone?
Gothic elements extreme emotion, dramatic, bleak, and repetition
What is The Bells?
the subject of his lifelong feelings of loneliness, isolation, and difference
What is the subject of Alone?
despair, death, and mystery
What is the theme of El Dorado?
irony
ex. Fortunado, not very fortunate
What are literary devices in Cask of Amontillado?
"For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams"
What is a quote from Annabel Lee?
Gothic elements death, supernatural, and spooky setting
What is The Spirits of the Dead
subject of belief in seeing man and nature holistically
What is the subject of Spirits of the Dead?
love to a matriarch
What is the theme of To My Mother?
Onomatopoeia
What are the literary devices in The Bells?
"The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning terms of love"
What is a quote from To My Mother?
Gothic elements extreme emotion, violent or macabre, dark themes, and psychological torment
What is the Tell-Tale Heart?
the subject of four milestones of human experience—childhood, youth, maturity, and death
What is the subject of The Bells?
insanity and out of touch with reality
What is the theme of Fall of the House of Usher?
alliteration
ex. “dew-drop from the grass.”
What are literary devices in Spirits of the Dead?
“It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.”
What is a quote from Tell-Tale Heart?
Gothic elements melodramatic and Dark themes
What is Alone?
the subject of perceived insult
What is the subject of Cask of Amontillado?