Poetry Terms
Poe, Himself
"Annabel Lee"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
"The Raven"
100
Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.
What is repetition?
100
He ended up marrying her, which is considered incest and is legal on the other side of the river ;)
What is his first cousin?
100
The speaker of the poem expresses this for Miss Lee.
What is love?
100
The problem in the story is always this.
What is the conflict?
100
It was a cold December at midnight.
What is the setting of the poem?
200
Either a direct comparison, or a comparison using "like" or "as."
What are metaphors and similes?
200
What everyone close to Poe died from.
What is tuberculosis?
200
The narrator tells the reader it's their fault for Annabel's death!
Who are the angels?
200
The definition of this word means to "be angry."
What is "vexed?"
200
That stupid bird just will not leave.
What is the conflict?
300
Giving an object or an animal human qualities or characteristics.
What is personification?
300
What Poe was really addicted to AND what he was also suspected to be addicted to.
What is alcohol and opioids?
300
What killed Annabel Lee.
What is a cold wind?
300
The narrator defends against this, but by the end of the story, the reader knows they are totally ________.
What is crazy?
300
The word "Nevermore" is an example of this in the poem.
What is repetition?
400
An object or person in a poem/story that represents something else.
What is symbolism?
400
Poe was famous for writing these types of stories.
What is scary and suspenseful?
400
Poe is telling the reader that love does this, no matter if you die.
What is go on and on?
400
This story contains all 4 types of conflict, but the most noticeable are these 2.
What is man vs. man and man vs. himself?
400
This word most likely means "to obey and respect."
What is "obeisance?"
500
When 2 words rhyme, but not at the end of the lines.
What is internal rhyme?
500
Poe's greatest fear, which is why he wanted a bell tied to his finger when he died.
What is being buried alive?
500
"Chilling and killing" is an example of this.
What is internal rhyme?
500
In this story, it's creepy and freaky. It also contains a little worry and suspense because of the narrator.
What is the mood of the story?
500
The theme of this poem.
What is "depression is very real and can be so difficult to deal with, that not even suicide helps."?
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