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cess
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High School - 9th Grade

What are the similarities and differences of the poems "Incident in a Rose Garden" and "Annabel Lee"?

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Posted by cess on Tuesday March 18, 2008 at 5:44 PM and tagged with annabel lee, compare, contrast, incident in a rose garden.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    Similarities

    • subject of death
    • in both poems, death is an unwelcome "visitor"

    Differences

    • In "Incident in a Rose Garden," Death is a character who speaks and comes to take people away; in "Annabel Lee," death is a circumstance of illness, and the "angels and seraphs" lead the dead away
    • "Incident in a Rose Garden" has an ironic ending; "Annabel Lee" ends with the speaker lying in his loved one's tomb.
    • The Master in "Incident in a Rose Garden" arrogantly believes he can force death to leave his property. The speaker in "Annabel Lee" can't wait for death to come to him.
    • The mood of "Annabel Lee" is somber and mournful. The mood of "Incident in a Rose Garden" could be called humorous in places.

    I hope this helps!

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/annabel-lee/text-poem
    http://www.enotes.com/incident-rose/text-poem

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    Posted by linda-allen on Thursday March 20, 2008 at 8:29 AM