Edgar Allan Poe Questions
1. Give an example of an internal rhyme from the first stanza
of "The Raven."
2. What is the setting of "The Raven"?
3. In what ways does the author create mood in the opening
stanzas?
4. Is there any indication the narrator may have dreamt this?
5. What does the narrator hope "the Raven" can tell him?
6. Who is "Lenore"? Why does the narrator want to know
about her?
7. What does "the Raven" reply to all of the narrator's questions?
8. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of "Annabel
Lee"?
9. The opening lines of "Annabel Lee" create the mood of
a fairy tale. Explain.
10. How do lines 7 and 27-29 reflect the reality of
the relationship between Poe and his wife, Virginia
11. What romanticized explanation does the speaker give
for the death of his love, Annabel Lee?
12. Find three examples of internal rhyme in the last stanza of
“Annabel Lee.”