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Question 10 • SC-English 3 Honors

Read the excerpt from “To One in Paradise,” by Edgar Allan Poe.And all my days are trances,And all my nightly dreamsAre where thy grey eye glances,And where thy footstep gleams-In what ethereal dances,By what eternal streams.How are the ideas in the excerpt similar to Poe’s ideas in the final stanza of "Annabel Lee"?

Answer
A
Both suggest that love endures after death.
B
Both describe the haunting power of dreams.
C
Both present beautiful images of nature.
D
Both claim that night is superior to day.

Explanation

In “To One in Paradise,” the speaker’s days and dreams are filled with thoughts of the beloved, suggesting that the connection continues beyond ordinary life. In the final stanza of “Annabel Lee,” the speaker says he dreams of Annabel Lee and lies beside her tomb each night, showing that his love persists after her death. Both poems present love as enduring beyond death.

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