Read the excerpt from “In the Greenest of Our Valleys,” by Edgar Allan Poe. But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him, desolate!) And, round about his home, the glory That blushed and bloomed Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed. How are the ideas in the excerpt similar to Poe’s ideas in the third stanza of "Annabel Lee"?
Answer
A
Both present violent revenge.
B
Both warn of the power of nature.
C
Both illustrate the end of love.
D
Both describe unexpected misfortune.
Explanation
Both excerpts describe a sudden, devastating change in fortune. In “In the Greenest of Our Valleys,” evil things assail the monarch, and the glory around his home fades into a memory. In the third stanza of “Annabel Lee,” a chilling wind comes out of a cloud and kills Annabel Lee. These are examples of unexpected misfortune, not violent revenge or the end of love itself.
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