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Self-Evaluation Phase

Read the following poem carefully.

On a scale of 1-10, how confidently could you teach or articulate the ideas in this poem: (1 = not confident; 10 = very confident)

What feelings or emotions were evoked within you after reading this poem?

What about the poem evoked these feelings or emotions?

Evaluation Phase:

This poem begins like a fairytale; but how does this poem different from a fairytale?

It doesn't have a happy ending.

It features a princess in kingdom.

It features an evil king.

All of the Above

According to the speaker, love can do all of the following EXCEPT

Defeat death

Make angel's in heaven jealous

Connect one person's soul to another

Cause extreme despair

Do you agree with the poet's perspective? Why or why not?

Which of the following are most likely a reasons the poet chose to make this poem like a fairytale?

In order to show that not all romances end happily ever after

To emphasize how Annabel Lee was too good to be true

To emphasize how beautiful Annabel Lee was

To make the poem memorable

How does the speaker use the setting of the poem?

The kingdom makes the poem romantic

The empty ocean and the cold wind reflects the poet's depressing tale

The empty ocean shows how the love in the speaker is now empty and wasted

The cold wind represents the speaker's bitterness and anger

Do you agree with the poet's decision to make this poem like a fairytale? Why or why not?

What reasons might explain the speaker viewing the angels as evil?

The speaker always hated angels

Angels are classically seen as evil

The speaker needed something to blame for Annabel Lee's death

The angels might have really killed Annabel Lee, and so the speaker hates them.

Opinion Phase:

What previous experience have you had with the main idea?

Which answers best respond to the following question: (You can select more than one)

->Do you believe the main idea was effectively communicated? Why or Why not.

Yes, I do not believe the main idea was effectively communicated. The opening lines also lure the reader into a false sense of security—they put a sweet, simple face on what will later turn out to be a psychologically troubling poem. That is, the fairy tale beginning sets up the expectation of a fairy tale ending that fails to arrive—there is no "happily ever after" here, and the contrast between this opening and the lines to come highlights the sense of ongoing grief that colors the entire poem.

Yes, I do not believe the main idea was effectively communicated. The poem sounds like a fairy tale and gives the reader a feeling of all that is good and happy. But underneath this joyful tone is a tone more ominous, and Poe uses certain words and phrases that give this eerie feeling. Partway through the poem, the readers begin to understand that this is not a common fairy tale. Rather, this is a dark and terrifying story of love being vulnerable to death.

Which answers best respond to the following question: (You can select more than one)

-> Do you agree with the main idea, why or why not?

Yes, I do agree with the poem’s main idea. Love is not invulnerable to death, as love cannot keep someone alive. If you love someone who has cancer, for instance, that love cannot save them. Sure, you can still love them after death, but it will not make them immortal.

No, I do not agree with the poem’s main idea. If love is not invulnerable to death, then why does the speaker continue to remain “in love” even after Annabel Lee is dead and gone? Clearly, her death did not end his love for her. The poet loves Annabel even in death, and will always love her.

If you were giving this poem for someone else to read, which strategies would you recommend they use to better understand the poem’s main idea? (you may choose more than one)

Annabel Lee - Level 3

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