Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry

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1. 'It was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea...' is the first line of what famous Poe poem? Answer: (Woman's name, initials A.L.)

2. 'I say thee once -- once only -- years ago...' is the first line of a poem Poe dedicated to whom? Annie Helen Lenore Elizabeth

3. 'Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and _____.' What word goes in the blank? Bleary Weary Cheery Leery

4. 'A dirge for her the double dead, in that she died so young' is a line from a poem dedicated to whom? Eulalie Lenore Helen Isabel

5. In what year did Poe publish his first volume of poetry? 1817 1827 1837 1847

6. Although Poe wrote some wonderful poems, what literary genre is he considered the father of? Answer: (Two Words)

7. 'A gallant knight...had journeyed long, singing a song, in search of _____? El Dorado Avalon Camelot Paradise

8. 'Lenore' had a poem all her own, but what other famous poem by Poe is she mentioned in? Answer: (Two Words, first word is 'the')

9. 'No one in his time, put so much energy and insight into making his contemporary poets take their craft seriously' was said of Poe by whom? Lawrence Frost Joyce Auden

10. What is the famous word said by the Raven? Answer: (One Word)