Question

Read the poem below and complete the instruction that follows. "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea: But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me— Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we— Of many far wiser than we— 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: 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; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. Source: Poe, Edgar Allan. "Annabel Lee." Poets.org. The Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 16 May 2011. Evaluate the credibility of the speaker in "Anabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe based on the voice and the choice of a speaker.

Answer 1

In the excerpt from "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe, the speaker gives the impression to be a man who is in love with Annabel Lee, and they seem to be deeply in love. However, his common sense is doubted when he claims the angels kill Annabel because they are jealous of her and when he expresses that he is lying on his lover's tomb. As a result of his insanity, the accuracy of the information in the poem is questioned, which makes him an unreliable narrator. Nevertheless, he details the story with such intensity and passion that different narrator would not have caused the same effect

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Answer 2

In the excerpt from "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe, the speaker gives the impression to be a man who is in love with Annabel Lee, and they seem to be deeply in love. However, his common sense is doubted when he claims the angels kill Annabel because they are jealous of her and when he expresses that he is lying on his lover's tomb. As a result of his insanity, the accuracy of the information in the poem is questioned, which makes him an unreliable narrator. Nevertheless, he details the story with such intensity and passion that different narrator would not have caused the same effect.