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Notebook Check #1 Biography Channel: True Story “The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe”

http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160/videos/edgar-allan-poe-full-episode-2104513528

1. How did Edgar view women?

2. What happened to Edgar’s father?

3. What happened to Edgar’s mother? How old was Edgar?

4. Who took Edgar in? How did they treat him?

5. What happen to Edgar’s foster mother? What was the foster father doing? How did Edgar feel about it and how did his foster father deal with Edgar’s feelings?

6. How did Poe fare at the University of Virginia? What was his downfall there?

7. After leaving school, where and what did Edgar go?

8. What did he finally start doing?

9. What did his foster mother die of?

10. In 1831, where did Edgar move and with whom?

11. Did he have an easy life as a writer?

12. What lead to Poe’s first horrible drinking binge?

13. Who did he marry? How old were he and his wife?

14. What did his mother-in-law try and do for him? How did Edgar deal with this?

15. What are the themes of his stories rooted in?

16. What mystery was Poe obsessed with?

17. Poe is known to be “The Father of the _____________ Story.” Why did Poe create these types of stories?

18. Which one of his works was an overnight sensation? How much did he earn from it?

19. “The Raven” was written about what circumstance in Poe’s life?

20. How did he deal with the loss of his wife?

21. Describe his death.

NOTEBOOK CHECK #2 “ANNABEL LEE” BY EDGAR ALLAN POE

BOX UNFAMILIAR TERMS. DEFINE THEM WITH SYNONYMS OF THE SAME PART OF SPEECH. HIGHLIGHT WORDS WITH STRONG CONNOTATION. LABEL ANY LITERARY ELEMENTS.

IT was many and many a year ago, Summarize the first stanza.Long ago in a kingdom by the sea, there lived a maiden named Annabel Lee who thought of nothing more than loving me and being loved by me. (Sounds like a fairy tale.)

Summarize the second stanza.We were both very young, but we loved with a love that was very strong for as young as we were. Our love was so strong that the angels of heaven were envious of it.

Summarize the third stanza.that’s the reason why a wind blew from a cloud, chilling (killing) her (because the angels of heaven were jealous of our love). Her dead relatives came and took her away from me and closed her up in a tomb by the sea.

Summarize the fourth stanza.those angels in heaven were not happy with their lives; they were jealous of what annabel lee and i had, and that’s the reason that the wind came from that cloud

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 5

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; 10

With a love that the wingèd 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 15

My beautiful Annabel Lee;So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me,To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea. 20

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, 25

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, 30

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

that night and killed her (all men know this).

Summarize the fifth stanza.but our love was stronger than the love of those who are older and wiser than we are, and no angel in heaven or demon in hell can ever separate my soul from the soul of annabel lee.

Summarize the sixth stanza.our souls will always be connected because everytime the moon shines down, i dream of Her, and every time the stars shine, it’s as though her eyes are shining down on me. So every night i lie down by my darling annabel lee in her tomb by the sea.

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; 35

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 sideOf my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea, 40

In her tomb by the sounding sea.

CONNECTION TO ROMANTICISM

(1) Tone/Atmosphere: What is the atmosphere of the selection? Is it joyful? mysterious? sad? peaceful? scary? something else?

The mood of “annabel lee” could be described as joyful and loving, but melancholy, grief-filled and a bit morbid, as well.

(2) What aspects of the selection help create this atmosphere? Use evidence from the text to illustrate your point.

The mood can be seen as joyful and loving through the way poe describes their relationship as a fairy tale, the fact that he says their love is stronger than those who were older and wiser than he and Annabel lee, and when he says nothing will ever separate their souls. The mood is also melancholy and grief-filled because the reader can feel the speaker’s pain as he speaks of his lost love. The mood becomes a bit morbid in the end when the speaker mentions that at night, he lies next to his beloved Annabel lee in her tomb.

CONNECTION TO POE’S LIFE (1) How do you believe this poem is a reflection of Poe’s life?Poe wrote this poem not long before he died about his beloved dead wife virginia clemm. It probably reflects the way he felt about the love he and virginia shared, as well as his feelings about her death at such a young age.

NOTEBOOK CHECK #3 “THE RAVEN” BY EDGAR ALLAN POE


ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Highlight all the instances of the word nevermore.Lines 7-8What element of storytelling is established in these lines? Explain it.

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.‘’Tis some visiter,’ I muttered, ‘tapping at my chamber door—

TTP-CASTT Poetry AnalysisTITLE: Consider the title and make a prediction about what the poem is about.

PARAPHRASE: Translate the poem line by line into your own words on a literal level. Look for complete thoughts (sentences may be inverted) and look up unfamiliar words.

(COMPLETE ABOVE)

CONNOTATION: Examine the poem for meaning beyond the literal. Look for figurative language, imagery, and sound elements.

HIGHLIGHT WORDS WITH STRONG CONNOTATION

ATTITUDE/TONE: Notice the speaker’s tone and attitude. Humor? Sarcasm? Awe?

SHIFTS: Note any shifts or changes in speaker or attitude. Look for key words, time change, punctuation.THEME: Briefly state in your own words what the poem is about (subject), then what the poet is saying about the subject (theme).

5How would you describe the character of the speaker at this point in the poem?

Line 10Who is Lenore?

Lines 40-41What effect does Poe create by repeating the description “above my chamber door”?

Lines 46-47How does the dialogue in these lines reflect the dark side of

Only this and nothing more.’

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrowFrom my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—

10For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtainThrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating

15‘’Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door—Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door;— This it is and nothing more.’

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,‘Sir,’ said I, ‘or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;

20But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,That I scarce was sure I heard you’—here I opened wide the door; Darkness there and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,

25Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, ‘Lenore!’This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word ‘Lenore!’ Merely this and nothing more.

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Romanticism?

How might the raven’s perching above the door affect the speaker?

Line 61Why is the speaker startled here?

Line 78How is this repetition of the word nevermore different than others in the poem, and what is the significance of that difference?

Notice that many of the poem’s

Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.‘Surely,’ said I, ‘surely that is something at my window lattice;Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore—Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—

35 ’Tis the wind and nothing more!’

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutterIn there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door—

40Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door— Perched, and sat, and nothing more.

Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,‘Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,’ I said, ‘art sure no craven,

45Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore—Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!’ Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’

Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,Though its answer little meaning—little relevancy bore;

50For we cannot help agreeing that no living human beingEver yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door—Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as ‘Nevermore.’

stanzas end in nevermore. What is the effect of this repetition?

Lines 107-108How is the end of this poem similar to the end of a short story?

But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only

55That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered—Till I scarcely more than muttered ‘Other friends have flown before—On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.’ Then the bird said ‘Nevermore.’

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Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,‘Doubtless,’ said I, ‘what it utters is its only stock and storeCaught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful DisasterFollowed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore—Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore

65 Of “Never—nevermore.” ’

But the Raven still beguiling all my fancy into smiling,Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door;Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linkingFancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore—

70What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking ‘Nevermore.’

This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressingTo the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core;This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining

75On the cushion’s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o’er,But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o’er, She shall press, ah, nevermore!

Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censerSwung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.

80‘Wretch,’ I cried, ‘thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent theeRespite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore;Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!” Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’

‘Prophet!’ said I, ‘thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil!—

85Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted—On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore—Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!’ Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’

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‘Prophet!’ said I, ‘thing of evil!—prophet still, if bird or devil!By that Heaven that bends above us—by that God we both adoreTell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore—Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.’

95 Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’

‘Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!’ I shrieked, upstarting—‘Get thee back into the tempest and the Night’s Plutonian shore!Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!

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Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!’

Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’

And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sittingOn the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming,

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And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted—nevermore!

QUESTION GUIDE: REREAD THE POEM

Why is the speaker reading at the beginning of the poem?

What is the speaker’s first reaction to the raven’s entrance? Why does he react this way?

What is the effect of the repetition of the raven’s single word, nevermore?

How is the raven in the poem a supernatural element?

What do you think was Poe’s purpose in writing this poem? Explain how you think he achieved his purpose.

Which details contribute to the mood of this poem, and how do they illustrate the dark side of Romanticism?

NOTEBOOK CHECK #5“THE BLACK CAT” BY EDGAR ALLAN POE


Questions1. As the story opens, the narrator is in jail, awaiting his execution on the following

day. Find and write down two of the lines from the story that show this is true.

2. The narrator tells us that he never had any troubles until he began drinking alcohol, yet there is evidence in the story that alcohol isn’t the only thing to blame for his sociopathic actions. Describe other things we learn about the author that likely contributed to his slide into violence and insanity.

TTP-CASTT Poetry AnalysisTITLE: Consider the title and make a prediction about what the poem is about.

PARAPHRASE: Translate the poem line by line into your own words on a literal level. Look for complete thoughts (sentences may be inverted) and look up unfamiliar words.

(COMPLETE ABOVE)

CONNOTATION: Examine the poem for meaning beyond the literal. Look for figurative language, imagery, and sound elements.

HIGHLIGHT WORDS WITH STRONG CONNOTATION

ATTITUDE/TONE: Notice the speaker’s tone and attitude. Humor? Sarcasm? Awe?

SHIFTS: Note any shifts or changes in speaker or attitude. Look for key words, time change, punctuation.THEME: Briefly state in your own words what the poem is about (subject), then what the poet is saying about the subject (theme).

3. Interestingly, the narrator capitalizes certain nouns, such as Fiend Intemperance, Gin, Rum, Alcohol, and Horror. Why, do you suppose, Poe does this? What does the capitalization show us about the narrator’s state of mind?

4. Poe’s story features a heavy use of dashes to create long, cumbersome sentences as we hear the fragmentation of the narrator’s thoughts in his voice. This technique, which probably distracted you a bit as you read the story, is done for a purpose. Why would Poe use this technique?

5. The narrator says that he is certain that “perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart – one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which give direction to the character of Man Who has not, a hundred times, found himself committing a vile or a silly action, for no other reason than because he knows he should not? Have we not a perpetual inclination, in the teeth of our best judgment, to violate that which is Law, merely because we understand it to be such?” First, rephrase the narrator’s pointing just one sentence. Then, give an example from our modern world or your own life that illustrates the narrator’s point.

6. Look closely at the passages involving the narrator’s original household, the fire, and the impoverished dwelling/damp cellar at the end of the tale. Symbolically, how might these three elements is connected to show a larger message about the narrator’s mental state?

7. Write down two of the adjectives the narrator uses to describe his wife. Why did the narrator kill her? How would you respond to someone who argued that this story trivializes domestic violence?

8. The narrator believes that the second cat is the reason he’s captured, but the reader knows this isn’t true. What’s the real reason the narrator is caught and convicted?

9. Do you think there were two cats or just one? Justify your answer.

10.Finally, there are several types of blindness on display in this story. Obviously, the two cats were partially blind, but the narrator also suffered from a sort of blindness. How so? What warning might Poe be trying to deliver to the audience in this story?

(Hint: It’s a much-deeper point than simply advising people not to hurt animals or their spouses.Dig deep in your thinking.)Questions

NOTEBOOK CHECK #6 Identifying Figurative Language from Edgar Allan Poe Directions: Write which technique is being used on the line. Then, explain how you know your answer.

Answers: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Hyperbole1. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth.

What technique is being used? ___________________________________________________________Simile, Metaphor, Personification, or Hyperbole

How do you figure?

Explain how you got your answer

2. A single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice.


How do you figure? Explain how you got your answer

3. Yes, he was stone, stone dead.



4. Death has reared himself a throne / In a strange city lying alone



5. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.



6. All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream.



7. The rosemary nods upon the grave; / The lily lolls upon the wave;



8. The breeze— the breath of God—is still



9. It was a low, dull, quick sound—much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.



10. Now each visitor shall confess / The sad valley's restlessness.



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Notebook Check #7 Imagery Into ArtOn the last blank page, complete one of the following tasks:

1. Determine the most powerful and effective image. Draw and color that image for display.

2. Create, for display, a set of images (storyboard, comic strip) that were powerful to you.

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