Question: Part A

What is the main idea of this part of the poem?

Part B

Which lines from the text best support the answer in Part A?

Answer: Annabel Lee and the speaker were deeply in love

“But we loved with a love that was more than love -

I and my Annabel Lee -”

Question: How does Poe refine the idea in the poem “Annabel Lee” that others may be jealous of true love?

Answer: the speaker describes how heavenly beings “coveted” and “went envying” the love he and Annabel Lee shared

Question: Which technique contributes the most to the suspense created in this poem?

Answer: the repetition of the tapping from an unknown source

Question: Which statement best describes the impact of Poe’s use of both internal and end rhyme in this poem?

Answer: the rhyme gives the poem an even rhythm and maintains the tension

Question: What are the effects of meter and rhyme in this stanza on the mood of the poem?

Answer: - the meter and rhyme create an anxious and anticipatory

• the meter and rhyme create a lonely and tense mood

• Question: What does the rhyme scheme and rhythm of this stanza add to the meaning of the poem?

• Answer: it creates a proud and patriotic tone

• Question: Which line best conveys the anxiety and tension present in these stanzas?

• Answer: “the fate of a nation was riding that night;”

• Question: Then he said “Good-night!” and with muffled oar

• Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,

• Just as the moon rose over the bay

• What is the effect of describing how Paul Revere “silently rowed” with “muffled oar” ?

• Answer: it introduces tension by stressing Revere’s effort to go unnoticed

• Question: How does the content of these stanzas advance the story in this narrative poem?

• Answer: it introduces Paul Revere and his mission

• Question: Which statement best explains how Cofer shapes the theme that an act can mean different things for different people in the passage?

• Answer: she explains that “the kiss was nothing but a little trophy for his ego”