The Sleeper by Edgar Allen Poe

What is the theme of this poem?

• Love is meaningless and will fade

• Love is so strong it can transfer into the afterlife

• Death is inevitable

• Love will take over your life

How does the use of a metaphor in line 9-10 effect the theme?

• The girl is rejecting the man

• The girl is saying goodbye

• The girl is trying to move on

• The girl is still trying to reach out to the man from the grave

What type of figurative language is used in "The bodiless airs, a wizard rout,"

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Tone

Why does the author included line 16 and 17?

• The author is trying to find where the girl is buried

• To infer she is just sleeping

• To show that he would die to be with her

• It is included to show the pain he feels about the girls death

In lines 28-30 what is the meaning of the phrase "’Neath which thy slumb’ring soul lies hid, That, o’er the floor and down the wall, Like ghosts the shadows rise and fall!"

• He doesn't have a soul

• The phrase means his soul is hidden and in the shadows

• His soul is filled with happiness and peacefulness

• He battles with internal conflicts that makes his soul unaware of the changes to his life brought by his dead beloved

How does the author structure the text?

• The author structures the text in a rhyme scheme

• The author uses various techniques of repetition

• The author ends it with the same word

• The author mathematical structure

What does the author mean when he describes his love as “The lady sleeps! Oh, may her sleep, Which is enduring, so be deep! Heaven have her in its sacred keep!”?

• The woman is tired

• This statement shows his deep and undying affection for the deceased woman as he wishes her the best in another life.

• The woman is on the path to heaven

• The woman is in a safe haven

How does the author use language to advance his point of view?

• He uses melancholic words to describe himself

• He uses cheerful diction to describe the woman

• He uses neutral language to describe the girl

• He uses very passionate words in her plane of existence, but then he describes his as very dull and gloomy

According to the selection, why has the girl been described as beautiful?

• Because she was the love of the author

• Because she's a princess

• Natural Selection

• Because she's female

What is the purpose in writing this selection?

• To burn bridges not create them

• To inform people that love conquers all

• That hate is stronger than love

• Some people are better off dead without their significant other