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Annabel Lee Of those who were older than we—
By Edgar Allan Poe Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
It was many and many a year ago, Nor the demons down under the sea
In a kingdom by the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
That a maiden there lived whom you may Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
know
By the name of Annabel Lee; For the moon never beams, without
And this maiden she lived with no other bringing me dreams
thought Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
Than to love and be loved by me. And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright
I was a child and she was a child, eyes
In this kingdom by the sea, Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the
night-tide,
But we loved with a love that was more I lie down by the side Of my darling—
than love— my darling—my life and my bride,
I and my Annabel Lee— In her sepulchre there by the sea—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Heaven
Coveted her and me. Poetic Devices:
● Line break
And this was the reason that, long ago, ● Imagery
In this kingdom by the sea, ● Rhyme scheme
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling ● Rhyme
My beautiful Annabel Lee; ● Sound Device
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me, Circle two poetic devices that the poem
To shut her up in a sepulchre uses. Explain in at least 3 sentences how
In this kingdom by the sea. the author uses this device and underline
two pieces of text evidence.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Poetic Device #1:
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.
Poetic Device #2:
But our love it was stronger by far than the
love
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The Highwayman (Part 1) yellow gold before the morning light; Yet, if
they press me sharply, and harry me
By Alfred Noyes through the day, Then look for me by
moonlight, Watch for me by moonlight, I’ll
The wind was a torrent of darkness among come to thee by moonlight, though hell
the gusty trees. The moon was a ghostly should bar the way.”
galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. The road
was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple He rose upright in the stirrups. He scarce
moor, And the highwayman came riding— could reach her hand, But she loosened her
Riding—riding— The highwayman came hair in the casement. His face burnt like a
riding, up to the old inn-door. brand As the black cascade of perfume came
tumbling over his breast; And he kissed its
He’d a French cocked-hat on his forehead, a waves in the moonlight, (O, sweet black
bunch of lace at his chin, A coat of the claret waves in the moonlight!) Then he tugged at
velvet, and breeches of brown doe-skin. his rein in the moonlight, and galloped away
They fitted with never a wrinkle. His boots to the west.
were up to the thigh. And he rode with a
jewelled twinkle, His pistol butts a-twinkle, Poetic Devices:
His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled ● Line break
sky. ● Imagery
● Rhyme scheme
Over the cobbles he clattered and clashed in ● Rhyme
the dark inn-yard. He tapped with his whip ● Sound Device
on the shutters, but all was locked and
barred. He whistled a tune to the window,
Circle two poetic devices that the poem
and who should be waiting there But the
uses. Explain in at least 3 sentences how
landlord’s black-eyed daughter, Bess, the
the author uses this device and underline
landlord’s daughter, Plaiting a dark red
two pieces of text evidence.
love-knot into her long black hair.
Poetic Device #1:
And dark in the dark old inn-yard a
stable-wicket creaked Where Tim the ostler
listened. His face was white and peaked. His
eyes were hollows of madness, his hair like
mouldy hay, But he loved the landlord’s
daughter, The landlord’s red-lipped
Poetic Device #2:
daughter. Dumb as a dog he listened, and he
heard the robber say—
“One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I’m after a
prize to-night, But I shall be back with the
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My Mother Really Knew
By Wing Tek Lum
Poetic Devices:
My father was a tough cookie, his friends ● Line break
still tell me with a smile. He was ● Imagery
hot-tempered and had to have his own way, ● Rhyme scheme
but they loved him nonetheless, and so did I. ● Rhyme
● Sound Device
I remember that for maybe the first decade
of my life I had to kiss him every night Circle two poetic devices that the poem
before I went to bed. uses. Explain in at least 3 sentences how
the author uses this device and underline
There was one time he got into a big two pieces of text evidence.
argument with the rest of us at dinnertime,
Poetic Device #1:
and afterwards when he was in his study I
had to go to sleep and refused to see him, a
chip off the old block.
But my mother and elder brothers coaxed
me to his door, and I ran in and pecked his
cheek without saying a word, and went to
bed thinking of how unfair life was.
Love, my mother really knew, was like these
islands formed in part by tidal waves and
hurricanes and the eruptions of volcanoes,
which suddenly appear and just as suddenly Poetic Device #2:
go away
Compare and Contrast
Choose two poems to compare and contrast. List at least two unique poetic devices the poem uses and
two “same” poetic devices used.
Poem #1: Poem #2:
SAME
