Annabel Lee Poem Analysis Quiz

Using morphology, context, and connotation strategies, determine the meaning of “dissever” as it is used in line 32?

• to attach

• to detach

• to agree

• to disagree

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Determine the meaning of bore as it is used in line 18?

• Pierced

• Tolerated

• Transported

• gave birth to

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

How does the author’s use of rhyme scheme contribute to meaning in the text?

• It helps the reader identify the historical setting of the poem.

• It signals a shift in the speaker’s perspective from love to hatred.

• It makes the poem sound more like a traditional fairy tale, which distracts from the poem’s serious themes.

• It creates a musical, almost hypnotic rhythm that mirrors the speaker’s obsessive and eternal love for Annabel Lee.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What effect does the personification of nature have on this poem?

• It specifically gives the speaker and the audience hope that there is an afterlife.

• It proves that the speaker is unbalanced, and that he is suffering from paranoia and delusions.

• It supports the speaker's claims that Annabel Lee was purposefully taken from him due to jealousy from the heavens.

• It makes nature seem invested in humanity, as opposed to being indifferent and random, which the speaker fears more than anything

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which word from the poem comes from Latin meaning "jealousy, having hatred or ill-will," and from root en "in" + videre "to see"?

• eyes

• seraphs

• envying

• kinsman

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.7.10

How does the speaker’s use of repetition of the word “love” impact the tone of the poem?

• The repetition of the word “love” emphasizes the bitterness of the narrator which creates a tense and frustrating tone for the poem.

• The repetition of the word “love” emphasizes the speaker’s idea that his love was of a special kind which creates a whimsical yet melancholy tone

• The repetition of the word “love” emphasizes the speaker’s loss which creates a depressing and dark tone for the poem.

• The repetition of the word “love” emphasizes that the speaker is ready to move on, which provides a hopeful and optimistic tone for the poem.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Which setting archetype is best demonstrated in the poem Annabel Lee?

• The Sea

• The Forest

• The Garden

• A Cave

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.7.5

Which two symbol archetypes are best demonstrated in the poem Annabel Lee?

• Water

• Darkness

• Fire

• The Battle of Good and Evil

• The Rising Sun

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How does the setting of the poem develop the characterization of the narrator?

• The use of fairytale imagery like “kingdom by the sea” and “many and many a year ago” suggests that the narrator might be romanticizing his lost love.

• The use of fairytale imagery like “kingdom by the sea” and “many and many a year ago” suggests that the narrator might feel that he deserves a “happily ever after.”

• The use of ominous imagery such as “That the wind came out of the cloudy night” suggests that the narrator is scared of the natural forces at play in the kingdom by the sea.

• The use of imagery such as “angels” and “winged seraphs” suggests that the narrator strongly believes that Annabel Lee is in a better place

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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PART A: Which of the following best describes two themes developed in the text?

• Sometimes bad things happen to good people.

• Death forces loved ones to find blame in others.

• Jealousy and hatred can corrupt people's intentions.

• Love can sometimes be so strong that it cannot be stopped by death.

• Youth, especially young emotion, leaves a strong imprint on our memories.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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