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WorksheetsAnnabel Lee Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
Which line in the poem suggests that the narrator blames supernatural beings for the death of Annabel Lee?
"So that her highborn kinsmen came, And bore her away from me..."
"But our love it was stronger by far than the love, Of those who were older than we..."
"The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me.."
" For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams, Of the beautiful Annabel Lee..."
Why does the narrator say, " I was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love--I and my Annabel Lee..."
To show that although they were young, their love was stronger than other the love of older couples
To show that they grew up together in a kingdom by the sea
To show that no one loved Annabel Lee as much as he did
To show that their love was not a love that could last through the years
What happened to Annabel Lee?
She won the lottery.
She died.
She sailed into a storm.
She went to a concert.
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.
Who is the author?
Edgar Allan Poe
Langston Hughes
Dr. Seuss
What is the speaker's relationship with Annabel Lee?
They are friends
They are mortal enemies
They are lovers
Based off line 7, when did the speaker and Annabel Lee first begin their relationship?
When they were kids
They never started a relationship
When they took a trip to the beach
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.
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
The use of rhythm and repetition in the poem adds to the text’s meaning mainly by . . .
making fun of a very serious subject
making the poem more sad
supporting the poem’s central themes of time and eternity
making the poem easy to memorize
3. What is the literal cause of Annabel Lee’s death?
pneumonia or influenza
broken heart
headache
fever
What is the biblical allusion in this stanza?
Allusion: a reference in literature to another piece of literature
A. Of those who were older than we / Of many far wiser
B. neither the angels in Heaven above / Nor the demons down
under the sea
C. Our love was stronger by far
D. dissever my soul from the soul / Of the beautiful Annabel Lee
