Edgar Allen Poe wrote a poem about the devastating loss of his beloved Annabel Lee. ... Pg 2 Also Poe has breaks in the alternating rhyme schemes to show the two emotions felt late in his life. ... Edgar Allen Poe's feelings are made quite clear; he really poured his heart and soul into the final stanza and captivated the reader who viewed the tragedy of life and death through his eyes. The poem of "Annabel Lee" has a fairytale style, with images representing the dark side of Poe's imagination. ... However, Poe wrote some of the most thought provoking and emotio...

• Word Count: 417
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Never legally adopted, Poe took Allan's name for his middle name. ... In 1827 Poe joined the U.S. ... Virginia fought long and hard because of Poe. ... When she died Poe died with her. ... In this stanza the true feelings of Edgar Allen Poe are clearly evident. ...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Edgar Allen Poe's use of imagery through out the poem "Annabel Lee" is highly perceivable. ... Poe writes about "a kingdom by the sea," meaning how happy the speaker is and how perfect his life is with the girl. ... In the fourth stanza, you can see Poe's strong use of imagery as he grants the wind with power through the perception that the wind had the intent to kill Annabel Lee. ... Clarity is brought to the fact that Poe's love for his dead wife will never die. ... Towards the end Poe writes that everything in this natural world reminds him of his beloved. ...

• Word Count: 688
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Introduction Annabel Lee was a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe in his last years of life. ... Second Topic Sentence: Also noteworthy is the theme of family that Edgar Allan Poe has show in 'Annabel Lee' for referencing a one loves that is forbidden or that the family does not allow them to be together. ... Even the author used figuratively image of a cloud blowing and takes life of Annabel Expanding Detail This refers once again to Greek mythology and the powers of the gods, Edgar Allan Poe shown in this poem as the strength of these supernatural phenomena influences the loss of y...

• Word Count: 1035
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• Grade Level: High School

Humbert uses rhetoric to compare himself to the famous, beloved, poet Edgar Allen Poe. Humbert calls himself Poe, and the name of his first, deceased, lover Annabel Leigh is taken, almost plagiarizingly, from the poem Annabel Lee by Poe. ... This allusion to Poe is supposed to somewhat endear the reader towards Humbert Humbert and show that for a great artist like himself to love a child is normal. ... "Lolita contains numerous parodic allusions to other literary works, especially to Merimee's Carmen and Poe's 'Annabelle Lee'" (40). ...

• Word Count: 1826
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School