The setting of the poem is in a kingdom by the sea a long time ago. ... Virginia died of tuberculosis in 1847(http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/eapbio.htm), so the kinsman is actually a disease. ... The wind that chills Annabel is a warning of death (which can also be looked as the illness tuberculosis gave her before her actual death). ... They lived happily together, and when Virginia's death occurred, it was one of the hardest ways to teach Edgar a lesson about life; it's not fair. ...

• Word Count: 662
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

As the metanarrator drives the audience to the internal setting, the sense of the " Sylvan historian" is clarified: the urn does not only tell stories of the forest, but it does also have it s body embellished " with forest branches and the trodden weed." ... In scene-stanza 4, the narrating director stands once more confounded before the playful urn. ... Now the shift is made to the external setting, and the plot smooth unravels. ... Moreover, it has a lesson to teach: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,_ that's all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know" With this final statement...

• Word Count: 1325
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School