Annabel Lee

GOAL: To understand Romanticism in literature in order to help us with an essay on a work by a Romantic writer.LITERATUREWriters in the Romantic era also incorporated strong emotion, beauty, nature, awe, terror, even horror.Edgar Allen Poe, an American writer, is very famous and highly influential. In fact, the French writer Baudelaire idolized Poe and translated his works. Poe was even more famous in France than in his home country of the U.S. This happens quite often to American artists, and I can’t understand why — it just had to be said.RECALL THE THESIS INFORMATION, WHICH YOUR QUOTE MUST PROVEYOU MUST USE THE FOLLOWING THESIS FOR THIS ESSAYTHESIS (underline/last sentence/derived in class/you must use this): , Poe’s embodies some of the key elements that comprise Romanticism.NOTE: Only reference 1 of Poe’s works. You will write about it in your support paragraph. This essay does not address both of Poe’s works.Therefore, if you’re writing about Poe’s story “Masque of the Red Death,” your thesis becomes:THESIS (underline/last sentence/derived in class/you must use this): , Poe’s short story “The Masque of the Red Death” embodies some of the key elements that comprise Romanticism.If you’re writing about Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee,” your thesis becomes:THESIS (underline/last sentence/derived in class/you must use this): , Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee” embodies some of the key elements that comprise Romanticism.Topic sentence: The 1 point your quote makes that is also 1 supporting point of the thesis.This sentence is the first sentence of the support paragraph, and it guides the support paragraph.Quote: Text evidence that you feel proves 1 aspect of the thesis. The quote often is preceded by context, and it must be cited per MLA 8 guidelines.PART APlease read Poe’s story “Masque of the Red Death.”(Links to an externalsite.)https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-deathQUESTIONS FOR PART A:How to answer QUESTION A (7 sentences in length)Write 1quote from “Masque of the Red Death.”This quote does not count towards the 7 sentences.WRITE: TOPIC SENTENCE ROUGH DRAFT — In 1 sentence, what is 1 specific Romantic quality you find in this quote? What visual/s do you see in this quote?What are your feelings, thoughts, sensations as you read this quote?PART BNext, read Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee.”(Links to an external site.https://www.bartleby.com/102/89.html)QUESTIONS FOR PART B:How to answer QUESTION B (7 sentences in length)Write 1 quote from “Annabel Lee.”This quote does not count towards the 7 sentences.WRITE: TOPIC SENTENCE ROUGH DRAFT — In 1 sentence, what is 1 specific Romantic quality you find in this quote? What visual/s do you see in this quote?What are your feelings, thoughts, sensations as you read this quote?