Read the excerpt from “To One in Paradise,” by Edgar Allan Poe. Thou wast all that to me, love, For which my soul did pine- A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrine, All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. How are the ideas in the excerpt similar to Poe’s ideas in the first stanza of "Annabel Lee"?
Answer
A
Both introduce familiar young women.
B
Both compare women to nature’s beauty.
C
Both describe powerful, controlling women.
D
Both recall an all-consuming love.
Explanation
In “To One in Paradise,” the speaker says the beloved was everything his soul longed for, suggesting that his love fills his thoughts and desires. In the first stanza of “Annabel Lee,” the speaker says that he and Annabel Lee lived with no other thought than loving each other. Both excerpts present love as all-consuming, so the best answer is D, “Both recall an all-consuming love.”
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