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Annabel Lee By Edgar Allan Poe

Unit Objective Students will explore how an author may use symbolism and allegory to convey the theme.

Daily Objective TLW assess how the theme of the text is developed through the author’s use of rhythm and repetition.

Guiding Question Is death inevitable? How does the author use structure to help develop the theme?

Literary Concepts Ballad Repetition Refrain Diction Connotation Rhyme Internal rhyme Rhythm Ballads, no matter which category they fall in, mostly rely on simple and easy-to-understand language or dialect from its origin. Stories about hardships, tragedies, love and romance are standard ingredients of ballads. This is irrespective of geographical origins. Another conspicuous element of any ballad is the recurrence of certain lines at regular intervals. Ballads can also be in interrogative form with appropriate answers to every question they ask. Ballads seldom offer a direct message about a certain event, character or situation. It is left to the audience to deduce the moral of the story from the whole narration. Source: https://literarydevices.net/ballad/

Annotate Annotate the poem for the literary concepts we discussed in the previous slide! Circle any words you don’t know!

Turn and Talk… What did you notice the first time you read this? Make notes on the back of your poem! What did you notice the first time you read this? Think about literary devices from earlier in the lesson. What/who do you think this poem is about? What do you know about the narrator?

Let’s Start with DICTION… Based on context clues, what do you think “seryphs” are? Based on context clues, what do you think dissever means?

Let’s Discuss… How do the opening lines of the poem evoke a “fairy-tale” tone?

Let’s Discuss… Knowing who he wrote this for, who do you think Annabel Lee is?

Let’s Discuss… What do you think he means by “But we loved with a love that was more than love” ? What tone does this set in the poem?

Let’s Discuss… How do lines 7, and lines 27-29 reflect the reality of the relationship between Edgar Allan Poe and his wife, Virginia?

Let’s Discuss… What romanticized explanation does the speaker give for the death of his love, Annabel Lee?

Let’s Discuss… In line 15, what might the “wind” represent in Poe’s life? What is “wind” a symbol of?

Let’s Discuss… How would you describe the overall tone of the poem? How does the rhythm of the poem affect the tone?

Compare & Contrast Graphic Organizers

A Chart…WOW…innovative! Different Same

Double Bubble Think Map

Let’s Pause… Thinking about “Masque of the Red Death” “Annabel Lee.” How are the themes and structures of these texts different and how are they similar?

Task To prepare for your writing prompt next Monday, create a graphic organizer that compares and contrasts the theme and structure of “The Masque of the Red Death” and “Annabel Lee.” NOTE: I am NOT asking you to compare and contrast the plot or the characters—I am asking you to focus on THEME and STRUCTURE!!!