Question:

Answer: There are losses from which people do not fully recover.

Question: Read the excerpt from “Romance,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

Romance, who loves to nod and sing,

With drowsy head and folded wing,

Among the green leaves as they shake

Far down within some shadowy lake

How do the ideas in the excerpt compare to Poe’s ideas in “The Poetic Principle”?

Answer: The metaphor for romance encourages the “contemplation of the Beautiful” that Poe explains.

Question: Read the excerpt from “Annabel Lee,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

In her sepulchre there by the sea—

In her tomb by the sounding sea.

How does Poe use a sound device in the excerpt?

Answer: He uses alliteration to link images of the sea with images of death.

Question: Read the excerpt from “Annabel Lee,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

How does Poe use a sound device in the excerpt?

Answer: He uses internal rhyme to enhance the rhythm of his lyrical poem.

Question: Read the excerpt from “To One in Paradise,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

Thou wast all that to me, love . . .

A fountain and a shrine,

All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,

And all the flowers were mine.

How does Poe use a sound device in the excerpt?

Answer: He uses alliteration to draw attention to the images of his love.

Question: Read the excerpt from “Annabel Lee,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

And neither the angels in Heaven above

Nor the demons down under the sea

How does Poe use a sound device in the excerpt?

Answer: He uses assonance to connect the images of death and sea.

Question:

Answer: Both recall an all-consuming love.

Question:

Answer: Romantic notions shape one’s youth.

Question: Read the excerpt from “Annabel Lee,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

And neither the angels in Heaven above

Nor the demons down under the sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

What theme does the excerpt reveal?

Answer: True love endures forever.

Question: Read the excerpt from “In the Greenest of Our Valleys,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

Vast forms that move fantastically

To a discordant melody;

While, like a rapid ghastly river,

Through the pale door,

A hideous throng rush out forever

How does Poe use a sound device in the excerpt?

Answer: He uses cacophony to emphasize the evil nature of tragedy.