Saul Massey

English

12 February, 10:34

Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe

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

A. The sea killed Annabel Lee because it wanted to punish the speaker.

B. Annabel Lee and the speaker loved the sea because it was cold.

C. Annabel Lee's kinsmen took her from the speaker because she was highborn.

D. Annabel Lee died because the angels were jealous of her and the speaker.

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

1. "To shut her up in a sepulchre

In this kingdom by the sea."

2. "The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,

Went envying her and me-"

3. "A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling

My beautiful Annabel Lee; "

4. "So that her high-born kinsman came

And bore her away from me,"