“Annabel Lee” Reading Guide
PreReading
1. What do you think your loved ones (family members and close friends) will say about you
after your death?
During Reading
2. What can you infer about the speaker of this poem? Who is he? How does he feel?
3. What is the “wind” that kills Annabelle Lee in the third stanza? What type of figurative
language does Poe use when he compares the cause of Annabel Lee’s death to the wind?
4. The central idea of this poem deals with a love that lasts even after death. Which line from the
poem best illustrates this central idea?
a. “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.”
b. “For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams/Of the beautiful Annabel
Lee;/And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes/Of the beautiful Annabel Lee”
c. “I was a child and she was a child,/In this kingdom by the sea”
d. “It was many and many a year ago,/In this kingdom by the sea”
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