Annabel Lee

What is the theme of the poem. What is the poem about? Choose the BEST answer. Remember the grey paragraph.

• The love between the narrator and Annabel is so strong it can't be stopped by death

• When there is jealousy and envy bad things can happen.

• When someone dies young it strongly influences our memories.

• Sometimes bad things happen to good people

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Which of the following quotes best supports this statement? "Love can sometimes be so strong it cannot be stopped by death."

• “I was a child and she was a child / In this kingdom by the sea; / But we loved with a love that was more than love— / I and my Annabel Lee” (Lines 6-10)

• “So that her highborn kinsman came / And bore her away from me / To shut her up in a sepulcher / In this kingdom by the sea.” (Lines 17-20)

• “The angels not half so happy in heaven / Went envying her and me— / Yes!—that was the reason (Lines 21-24)

• “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.” (Lines 30-33)

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Which of the following statements best summarizes (sums up) how the speaker describes Annabel Lee?

• The speaker describes her as coming from a wealthier family, which is why she is taken from him.

• The speaker describes her as fragile and dainty, which is why she becomes sick so easily.

• The speaker looks up to her, describing her as beautiful and seemingly having no other purpose than to love the narrator.

• The speaker looks up to her and describes her as perfect, but the narrator also holds a lot of dislike for the way she treated him.

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Why does the speaker focus his attention on Annabel Lee?

• because she was a young and innocent child

• because she was coveted by angels

• because she lived by the sea like the narrator

• because she loved the narrator and he loved her

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What happened to Annabel Lee?

• Her family moved so she would no longer see the speaker

• She was blown by the wind off a sea cliff.

• She died suddenly from an illness because she was cold from the wind.

• She was buried alive in a tomb.

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Why does the speaker believe Annabel Lee died?

• because unhappy angels were bored and killed her for fun

• because angels were jealous of the young lovers

• because she was playing dangerously close to the sea

• because the narrator didn't appreciate her when she was alive

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How does the speaker deal with Annabel Lee’s death?

• He does not believe that she is dead.

• He feels as connected to her in death as in life.

• He guards her tomb from the evil angels.

• He feels as though their souls have been torn apart.T

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What's happening? "...her highborn kinsman came--bore her away to shut her up in a sepulchre"

• her rich relatives buried her in a tomb

• the churchmen came and took her away to the hospital

• angels from heaven stole her away

• her poor relatives took her away from the sea

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Who did Edgar Allen Poe base the poem Annabel Lee on?

• No one knows. It came from Poe's gloomy imagination,

  and possible the death of his wife.

• A childhood friend believed the poem was written about her.

• It was written about Poe's dead sister

• Poe said it was based on the death of a friend's sweetheart.

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What does the narrator do when the moon beams and he dreams of Annabel Lee?

• He lies by her grave all night by the sea.

• He goes to the sea and walks until dawn.

• He travels to her grave in town and leaves flowers.

• He listens to the sea and cries.

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