Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Poe poems

“Annabel Lee” Poetry Analysis

Directions: Answer the questions using the poem. (Use the hints in

parentheses to assist with the correct answer)

1. Who is the assumed speaker?
her lover



2. What is the setting?
ocean side





5. What lines inform you of Annabel’s death? (number)
wind came out chilling and killing my annabel lee



6. According to the speaker, why did Annabel die? Put the lines

that support this answer.
the angels were jealous of their love



7. What does “coveted” (synonym from poem) mean, and who portrayed this

action?
Desire something


8. What is a synonym for the word “angel”?
seraph



8.5. What line addresses the young age of the two loves?
i was a child and she was a child



8. What does “coveted” (synonym from poem) mean, and

who portrayed this action?





9. In the 4th stanza, what sound device is “chilling and killing” an example

of?
Rhyming


11.What is a synonym for tomb or crypt? Use a word from the poem.
sepulchre




12. The speaker states that his and Annabel’s love is stronger than what two

groups of people? Write the number of the two lines that support this

statement or write the lines. those who are older and wiser





13. What is a synonym for “separate”?
deserved


14. Line 34 is an example of what sound device?





15. Where are the angels located? Demons?
angels are in heaven and demons under the sea




16. Where does the speaker spend most of this time after the death of Annabel?
The tomb




17. The speaker seems to have difficulty forgetting his love; what lines support

his inference? Write the number or the lines.





18. What names does the speaker refer Annabel as?
my darling my life and my bride, beautiful




19. How did the speaker describe Annabel Lee?





20. Which line does not make “sense” when dealing with the senses?





“The Raven”

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, While

I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

1. In line (a) find the two words that are an example of internal rhyme and record

them: dreary and weary



2. In line (b) find the three words that are an example of alliteration and record

them: napping tapping rapping



3. “And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain...” In this

line find two words that are an example of assonance and record them:
purple curtain


4. What is the setting of “The Raven”? Include month and weather.
It is raining december


5. Explain the conflict in “The Raven.”
haunted over the raven


6. In what ways does the author create “mood” in the opening stanza?
eerie and creepy



7. Is there any indication that the narrator may have dreamt the entire episode?
There is no indication




8. What is he hoping the Raven can tell him?
that she is coming back




9. Copy and identify one form of figurative language used in the poem:
home unmercifully




10. Throughout the poem, many words are repeated (ex: chamber, sorrow,

Nevermore, Lenore). Why does Poe do this? What type of effect does it have on

the reader? He does this to emphasize the sadness of the poem and the creepiness.
to emphasize disparity of the bird and for the rythm





Textual Analysis

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,

there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore.

made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady,

perched above my chamber door - Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my

chamber door -

11. Explain what happens in the stanza above:


In

Not the least obeisance

Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

raven flies in and sits on a statue



12. What word does the raven always use to answer the narrator’s questions?
nevermore