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Annabel Lee

            Edgar Allan Poe in his poem, "Annabelle Lee" (869) uses various techniques to reveal his theme. It is largely his interest in examining a "spiritual passion that transcends human limits" which inspired Poe to write his poem (Johnson pg. 2). He does this by the use of persona, imagery, settings, rhythm/rhyme and words.
             In his poem, Poe uses persona to reveal his emotions in the form of a fairy tale. "It is his personal story of lost love which achieves its unique effects through its narrative voice"(Reilly pg. 2). His experience having losing his wife, whom he marries when she was only thirteen, has affected his personal life. It seems difficult for him to erase her memories from his thoughts. "It is the character of the young man who lost his lover that is talking to us through this poem"(Kelly pg. 3). This becomes obvious when he says, "But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabelle Lee"(869). Poe sees it natural to continually mourn the loss of his loved one and does not see his action immature. To him "maturity" in the sense of being able to put a lost one out of one's mind would be a wasteful, soul deadening thing(Kelly, pg. 2).
             Imagery supports the emotional qualities of Poe. With the use of this technique he is able to remember her visually. He uses elements like the moon and stars and associate them with her bright eyes. These visual imageries allows him to keep her memories alive in his life. "Poe mentions the moon and stars in which he observes the bright eyes of his dear Annabel. His love becomes not just something to feel or imagine but to see".(Johnson pg.4) The poet mentions the moon and the star in which he observes "the bright eyes" of his dear Annabel. .
             "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 .


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1. Annabel Lee Essay Outline

... distress at such a loss, and this feeling is distressing the engine that drives the rationale for this lyrical composition. This is completely evident in Annabel Lee and the poem has a very neat and aesthetic thought in advance to have the desired effect on the reader. We can see this theme reflected ... every verse seems to contain a sob. 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. Supporting Information It appears in ...

  • Word Count: 1035
  • Approx Pages: 4
  • Grade Level: High School

2. Annabel Lee

... he was still suffering from the death of his wife, but in the process of seeking out a new one. Most people agree that Edgar Allan Poe wrote "Annabel Lee" about his departed wife, Virginia Clemm, who died of tuberculosis two years earlier. Some critics, however, contend that in the seventh line of the poem he states ... twenty-seven when he married his thirteen-year-old bride. Maybe the poem is about an earlier love, or perhaps it is purely fictional, but addressing Annabel Lee as his "life and his bride" in line thirty-eight and writing it two years after his beloved young wife's death,...

  • Word Count: 1504
  • Approx Pages: 6
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3. Comparison of Love in Annabel Lee and The Raven

... I opened wide the door;-Darkness there and nothing more." It is also indicated in both stories that the narrators have lost their loves some time ago, in, "Annabel Lee," you know this by the quote, "It was many and many a year ago," and from, "The Raven," "Ah, distinctly I remember it was ... nothing more", but it is a raven. The raven helps the man realize he will see his Lenore, "nevermore." The love really shows in, "Annabel Lee," "We loved with a love that was more than love," their love is talked about throughout the entire poem. In, "The Raven," you know he ... deaths of the loves...

  • Word Count: 765
  • Approx Pages: 3
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4. Annabel Lee Analyzed

"Annabel Lee" was a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe in his last years of life. It could be considered a dramatic fairy tale that was written about the love he shared ... story ending traumatically. The love between the two in the story is so strong, that even after the death of "Annabel Lee", Edgar's love for her still remains the same. 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. She was a maiden that had fallen ... she has passed away. His love is so strong, that the wise do...

  • Word Count: 662
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  • Grade Level: High School

5. Annabel Lee

... , as children. When they married she was only about twelve or thirteen. He also said that the angels themselves were jealous of the relationship if him and Annabel Lee. He felt that the angels were not happy, because of the envy for the love that they shared for each other. He says, "the winged seraph's ... of heaven coveted her and me." A seraph is a fiery angel who protects Gods throne. In a way he was saying his love was more perfect than Gods. When Annabel Lee dies you can see her highborn kinsman or "angels", come down and carry her away from him. Then she was placed in a sepulchre....

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6. Annabel Lee

... to depression after one looses a loved one. This idea is expressed in Artimus's poem "Why me?" through end rhyme and hyperbole. Poe's "Annabel Lee" also expresses the idea through end rhyme and onomatopoeia. Artimus's "Why me?" supports the controlling idea through end rhyme. "I touched those sweet lips ... is showing the depression following the death of a loved one. This idea is also suggested in the poem "Annabel Lee." Poe's "Annabel Lee" supports the controlling idea through end rhyme. "By the name of Annabel Lee, Converted her to me." This line shows how the love of two people is so...

  • Word Count: 400
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

7. About Annabel Lee

... to interpretation. A reader may think a poem a means something very different than what another reader may take it to mean. After reviewing a couple of analyses of the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe, I formed my own opinion of what the poem means to me. While reading the analyses, an important statement was mentioned about Edgar Allan Poe. Poe ... taken to be just an little love poem. However, towards the end, the poem shifts tones to obsession. I came to the conclusion that he was obsessed about Annabel Lee because of how he says he sleeps by the side of her dead body. Normally pe...

  • Word Count: 470
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8. Annabel Lee

... . The voice of the poem is that of a man who is struggling with feelings of bitterness and pain because of the death of his love, Annabel Lee. The story seems to be told years after the death of the young maiden, "It was many and many a year ago", yet the tone ... a steady reminder, or maybe even the actual cause of her death). The reference to "the demons down under the sea", seem to suggest this (perhaps Annabel Lee had drowned). The speaker, however, is convinced that something much more disturbing and complex has taken place: a conspiracy by the covetous and jealous angels in ... He...

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9. Annabel Lee

... . The voice of the poem is that of a man who is struggling with feelings of bitterness and pain because of the death of his love, Annabel Lee. The story seems to be told years after the death of the young maiden, "It was many and many a year ago", yet the tone ... a steady reminder, or maybe even the actual cause of her death). The reference to "the demons down under the sea", seem to suggest this (perhaps Annabel Lee had drowned). The speaker, however, is convinced that something much more disturbing and complex has taken place: a conspiracy by the covetous and jealous angels in ... He...

  • Word Count: 665
  • Approx Pages: 3

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