The poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allen Poe depicts the deep anguish of a man who has lost the love of his life. ... The reference to "the demons down under the sea", seem to suggest this (perhaps Annabel Lee had drowned). ... He is angry, yet determined, even though Annabel Lee is physically gone, to be with his love, in spirit, forever "And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee". Although it has been many years ago since her death, everything reminds the speaker of his love, "For the moon neve...

• Word Count: 665
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Edgar Allen Poe wrote a poem about the devastating loss of his beloved Annabel Lee. The language of Poe's writing pulls the reader in to his fantasy-like world of the love he and Annabel Lee shared at a young age. Reading any of his writings shows see the pain, but it is more evidently felt in his writing of the loss of his beloved in the poem "Annabel Lee". ... In lines fifteen and twenty-five you see the use of the word "chilling" and the capitalization of ANNABEL LEE. ... The poem of "Annabel Lee" has a fairytale style, with images representing the dark side of ...

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

"Annabel Lee" was a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe in his last years of life. ... In the first stanza of the poem, the reader is introduced to Annabel Lee. Annabel Lee is actually Virginia, but Edgar decided to use a different name in the poem. ... Edgar uses metaphors in the last stanza of the poem to show his love for his dead wife (such as: "And the stars never rise but I feet the bright eyes of the beautiful Annabel Lee ("Annabel Lee", Poe)). ... Annabel Lee is a beautiful, yet tragic poem about the life, death, and love of the relationship between Edgar and his wife, Virginia. ...

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

Edgar Allan Poe in his poem, "Annabelle Lee" (869) uses various techniques to reveal his theme. ... "For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes of the beautiful Annabel Lee... "In other words, the poet has boasted of the strength and significance of his spiritual bond with Annabel Lee. ... Rhyme plays an effective role in each of the stanzas of Annabel Lee for example: "It was many and many a year ago, ...

• Word Count: 1206
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Some of his more famous works are "The Raven", "Annabel Lee", "Eldorado", "Sonnet-To My Mother", and "The Conqueror Worm." ... "Annabel Lee" was written in 1849. It is about the love the author has for Annabel Lee. ... The angels grew so jealous of the love that they murdered Annabel Lee. However, this did not end the love the author had for Annabel Lee, in fact it made their bond grow stronger as the author now goes and lays by Annabel Lee's grave everyday to reinforce the love he had for her. ...

• Word Count: 1108
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee", Poe uses a lot of crafting of language, where as Bierce uses language that is vernacular to the time period and setting. ... In comparison to "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allen Poe, Poe uses unrealistic description of setting to emphasize his point "With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, went envying her and me- [2]" Bierce's literary work of realism shows that death is inevitable, but what separates life from death? ...

• Word Count: 959
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate