Figurative Language in Annabel Lee

Read lines 5 and 6 from the first stanza.

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

What type of figurative language is the author using?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Refrain

• Simile

This term means to use a strong exaggeration:

• personification
• idiom
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

What is the primary impression of Annabel Lee the author wants to create in lines 5 and 6?

• She is very young and innocent.

• She was enchanted by the sea.

• She loved the speaker very deeply.

• She was kind to everyone.

Read the second stanza. Which phrase is an example of hyperbole?

• I was a child.

• a love that was more than love

• my Annabel Lee

• the winged seraphs of heaven

The figurative language in lines 11-12 suggests that --

• the speaker's love of Annabel Lee was a gift from the heavens

• the speaker considers Annabel Lee to be like an angel

• the speaker hopes to reunite with Annabel Lee in the afterlife

• the speaker's love of Annabel Lee could not be matched in the heavens or on Earth

Read the second and third stanzas. Which of the wind's actions suggests it could have human qualities?

• It blows as fiercely as a hurricane.

• It blows so strongly that it is hard to stand up.

• The clouds might create a more intense wind.

• The wind gives Annabel Lee a chill that kills her.

Read lines 21-22. In these lines the speaker uses hyperbole to emphasize --

• how cruel the angels in heaven were

• how content he an Annabel Lee were together

• how sad he was when Annbel Lee died

• how beautiful the kingdom by the sea was

Read lines 30-33. The speaker uses hyperbole in these lines by claiming angels and demons --

• cannot separate his soul from Annabel Lee's

• all envied him and Annabel Lee

• greatly admired him and Annabel Lee

• plotted together to take Annabel Lee from him

Read lines 34-37. Here, the author uses figurative language to indicate that --

• Annabel Lee was superior to all other women

• the speaker's dreams of Annbel Lee are disturbing

• the stars feel sympathy for the speaker and shine brighter

• the speaker thinks and dreams of Annbel Lee constantly

Read line 21.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,

What type of figurative language or stylistic element is found in this line?

• Alliteration

• Refrain

• Metaphor

• Simile