• Edgar Allan Poe

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    EA Poe At a glance:

    • born in 1809
    • died in 1849, mysteriously
    • Virginia Clemm was the love of his life, and she died at a very young age
    • his life was filled with tragedy from beginning to end
    • inventor of the SHORT STORY
    • known for writing all things MACABRE
    • considered one of the greatest ROMANTIC writers of all time

    Other important POECAB can be found HERE.

     

    Works We've Studied (Make sure your class notes are up-to-date):

    January 2&3:

    "The Oval Portrait" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuHQV65Bazw&t=62s

    Important questions: What happened to the girl? How does this story connect to the
    events of Poe's life?

    Poecab:

    Hope

    Foreshadowing

    January 9 & 13, 14:

    "The Cask of Amontillado" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBC7Rown13Q

     Important Questions:

    What happened in the story? Why? How does this connect to events that happened in Poe's life?

    Poecab:

    Amontillado

    Cask

    Revenge

    Jester

    Stanza

    Verse

    Prose

      

    January 15, 16, & 17:

    "The Pit and the Pendulum" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkdjoGyT3a0

    Important Questions:

    What are the 10 things that happened to the character in the story? How does each one connect to an event in Poe's life?

    Vocab:

    Pendulum

    Spanish Inquisition

    Metaphor

    Mood

    Tone 

     

    (The information below has not yet been taught)

    "The Tell-Tale Heart" - Audio available through your Destiny account on our LMC webpage: DESTINY 

    Class notes for dealing with difficult texts can be found HERE.

    Vocab:

    Derision

    Mad

    Audacity

    Anxiety

    Derision 

     

    "The Raven" - A copy of the poem can be viewed HERE. 

    This poem is mostly about a man who is heartbroken over the loss of his wife. One night when he can't sleep, a raven comes into his room and begins to taunt him. The man believes the bird is sent by the angel of his lost wife, and goes mad with grief. In the end, his soul "shall be lifted, nevermore."

     

    "The Raven" was written during the time of Virginia Clemm's illness, and demonstrates the agony Poe felt as he watched her suffer.

     

    Our goal in class is to take each stanza and change the poetry into modern prose (regular language).

    RHYME 

    ALLITERATION 

    RHYTHM 

    REPETITION 

    NARRATIVE POEM 

    POETRY

    PROSE

     

    Notes for Annotating Poetry can be viewed HERE.

     

    Our Poe Test will be January 30&31. For an early look at our review sheet, click HERE. 

     

    Just For Fun: 

    Modern Connections: Stephen King and Edgar Allan Poe

    Video from class: Biography of Stephen King

     
Last Modified on January 15, 2020