Annabel Lee Comprehension Check

What is the setting of the poem Annabel Lee?

• kingdom by the sea

• in heaven

• the forest

• her house

What name does the speaker use to refer to Annabel Lee?

• Hey girl

• My Friend

• My girl

• My darling

What does dissever mean?

• to have a home

• to eat

• to divide

• to cry

Which is the best paraphrase for the line: highborn kinsmen came and took her away from me to shut her up?

• Her uncle told her to be quiet

• relatives took away her body and buried her in a tomb

• the tallest family member took her to jail

• They took her away and sent her to the castle

What does coveted mean?

• to swim

• kill or murder

• die or pass on

• want or desire

What do the long and short lines of the poem represent?

• waves

• horse hooves

• the kingdom

• a clock

Where does the speaker spend every night after the night of Annabel Lee?

• In a cave

• In heaven because he died too

• In a church praying for her

• At the side of her grave

What is the theme of Annabel Lee?

• Love is eternal

• Relatives are evil

• Love your husband or wife

• Death happens to everyone

What is the meaning of sepulcher?

• to separate

• an angel

• a tomb

• a kingdom

Who does the narrator blame for taking Annabel Lee?

• the family

• the angels

• the devil

• the sea