Question

read the excerpt from \to one in paradise,\ by edgar allan poe. and all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams- in what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams. how are the ideas in the excerpt similar to poes ideas in the final stanza of \annabel lee\? both suggest that love endures after death. both describe the haunting power of dreams. both present beautiful images of nature. both claim that night is superior to day.

Explanation:

In the excerpt from "To One in Paradise," the speaker's days and dreams are filled with the presence of the beloved. In the final stanza of "Annabel Lee," the speaker lies by Annabel Lee's side in her tomb, showing that love persists. Both texts convey love enduring after death. Dreams in the excerpt are a way to be with the beloved, but in "Annabel Lee" the final stanza is more about physical closeness (lying by the tomb) as a sign of enduring love. The nature images in the excerpt (streams) and possible in "Annabel Lee" (kingdom by the sea etc.) are not the main similar idea. There's no indication of night superiority in either in terms of the core similar idea.

Answer:

Both suggest that love endures after death.