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Worksheets"Annabel Lee"
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
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 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
What are some topics the poem touches on?
Death, love, loss of a loved one, dealing with death
friendship
loyalty, kindness, and patience
the sea and its scary depths
He is still greatly in love with Annabel Lee even after her death
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Annabel Lee
A ghost
Someone deeply saddened by loss.
The wind
What is the setting of the poem?
A kingdom by the sea.
A dark and scary forest.
An old abandoned barn.
A racquetball court at a middle school.
How long does the speaker say that these events occurred?
A few weeks
When the dinosaurs lived
Many and many a year ago
Yesterday
2. The narrator's feelings for Annabel Lee can best be described as
immature
not lasting
not strong
very strong
4. By referring to Annabel Lee's kinsmen as "highborn," and that they take Annabel Lee away from the speaker implies that
he is also "highborn" so can mourn her properly and deserves the reader's admiration
Annabel Lee should have married him
he is "lowborn" so cannot be with her and deserves the reader's sympathy
Annabel Lee was queen of the kingdom
13. Which statement would the narrator most likely agree with?
Love ends with death.
You can never trust someone you love.
We each have only one special love in our life.
Only the good die young.
10. Which of the following statements best describes the poem's narrator?
Mentally unbalanced by the death of his loved one
Overwhelmed by his life by the sea
Content with his life by the sea
Relieved by the death of his loved one
The the first 2 stanzas, Annabel Lee is portrayed as:
A young and foolish girl
A young girl swept away by the love of the narrator
A middle-aged woman scarred by love
A girl who has run away from home
