Read the excerpt from “In the Greenest of Our Valleys,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarch's high estate;
(Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow
Shall dawn upon him, desolate!)
And, round about his home, the glory
That blushed and bloomed
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.

How are the ideas in the excerpt similar to Poe’s ideas in the third stanza of "Annabel Lee"?

A. Both warn of the power of nature.
B. Both describe unexpected misfortune.
C. Both present violent revenge.
D. Both illustrate the end of love.

Question

Read the excerpt from “In the Greenest of Our Valleys,” by Edgar Allan Poe.

But evil things, in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarch's high estate;
(Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow
Shall dawn upon him, desolate!)
And, round about his home, the glory
That blushed and bloomed
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.

How are the ideas in the excerpt similar to Poe’s ideas in the third stanza of "Annabel Lee"?

A. Both warn of the power of nature.
B. Both describe unexpected misfortune.
C. Both present violent revenge.
D. Both illustrate the end of love.