Annabel Lee The angels, not half so happy in heaven,

Went envying her and me—

Edgar Allan Poe - 1809-1849
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may
know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other
thought
But our love it was stronger by far than the
Than to love and be loved by me.
Yes! — that was the reason (as all men
know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by
night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
love

Of those who were older than we—

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved with a love that was more
than love—
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of
heaven
Coveted her and me.
Of many far wiser than we—
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:
For the moon never beams, without
bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And this was the reason that, long ago,
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright
In this kingdom by the sea, eyes
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
My beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the
side
So that her highborn kinsman came
Of my darling—my darling—my life and my
And bore her away from me,
bride,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In her sepulchre there by the sea,
In this kingdom by the sea.
In her tomb by the sounding sea
Biography
Edgar Allan Poe
1809–1849
On January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston,
Massachusetts. Poe's father and mother, both professional actors, died
before the poet was three years old, and John and Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in
Richmond, Virginia. John Allan, a prosperous tobacco exporter, sent Poe to the best boarding
schools and later to the University of Virginia, where Poe excelled academically. After less than
one year of school, however, he was forced to leave the university when Allan refused to pay
Poe's gambling debts.
Poe returned briefly to Richmond, but his relationship with Allan deteriorated. In 1827,
he moved to Boston and enlisted in the United States Army. His first collection of poems,
Tamerlane, and Other Poems, was published that year. In 1829, he published a second collection
entitled Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems. Neither volume received significant critical or
public attention. Following his Army service, Poe was admitted to the United States Military
Academy, but he was again forced to leave for lack of financial support. He then moved into the
home of his aunt Maria Clemm and her daughter Virginia in Baltimore, Maryland.
Poe began to sell short stories to magazines at around this time, and, in 1835, he became
the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond, where he moved with his aunt and
cousin Virginia. In 1836, he married Virginia, who was thirteen years old at the time. Over the
next ten years, Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the Burton's Gentleman's
Magazine and Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City.
It was during these years that he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor.
He published some of his best-known stories and poems, including "The Fall of the House of
Usher," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Raven." After
Virginia's death from tuberculosis in 1847, Poe's lifelong struggle with depression and
alcoholism worsened. He returned briefly to Richmond in 1849 and then set out for an editing
job in Philadelphia. For unknown reasons, he stopped in Baltimore. On October 3, 1849, he was
found in a state of semi-consciousness. Poe died four days later of "acute congestion of the
brain." Evidence by medical practitioners who reopened the case has shown that Poe may have
been suffering from rabies.
Poe's work as an editor, a poet, and a critic had a profound impact on American and
international literature. His stories mark him as one of the originators of both horror and
detective fiction. Many anthologies credit him as the "architect" of the modern short story. He
was also one of the first critics to focus primarily on the effect of style and structure in a literary
work; as such, he has been seen as a forerunner to the "art for art's sake" movement. French
Symbolists such as Mallarmé and Rimbaud claimed him as a literary precursor. Baudelaire spent
nearly fourteen years translating Poe into French. Today, Poe is remembered as one of the first
American writers to become a major figure in world literature.
Environment
It is difficult to know with certainty why an artist picks a certain theme. In "Annabel Lee," Poe's
last poem, he continues, however, to explore a subject that has been important to him: the death
of a beautiful young women.

Many critics and biographers have settled on Virginia, his young wife, as the subject of this
poem. She had died of tuberculosis two years before, so like Annabel Lee, she died young. Like
Annabel Lee, she was beautiful. The speaker in the poem falls in love with Annabel as a child,
just as Poe did Virginia, a girl he married when she was only 13. Annabel was a "maiden" when
she died, and some biographers believe Poe and Virginia never consummated their marriage.

While Virginia is the most likely candidate as a model for Lee, and while it is likely that Poe was
grieving his young wife's death, it is important to keep in mind that a poem has a life of its own.
There is not a one-to-one correspondence between Annabel and Virginia: a great artist's
imagination will transform a subject.

Style and structure

"Annabel Lee" consists of six stanzas, three with six lines, one with seven, and two with eight,
with the rhyme pattern differing slightly in each one. Though it is not technically a ballad, Poe
referred to it as one. Like a ballad, the poem uses repetition of words and phrases purposely to
create its mournful effect.
The poem uses repetition and rhyme to create the qualities of unity and euphony, or a pleasing
musicality. The repeated use of the end rhymes "sea," "Lee," "we," and "me" offer a link from
stanza to stanza throughout the poem.

Organization of Language
The structure of the poem contains special sound organization of the poetical language and it
creates visual effect of a finished poem. It consists of six stanzas, three with six lines, one with
seven, and two with eight, with the rhyme pattern differing slightly in each one.
There are six stanzas in the poem with variable length and structure. Rhyme Scheme: The rhyme
scheme followed by the entire poem is ABABCB. Internal Rhyme: The internal rhyme is rhyme
within a line such, “For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams”.

Symbols
The poem is entitled "Annabel Lee" and which also the main character symbolize for the wife of
Edgar Allan Poe who passed away. The "kingdom "symbolize for being imprisoned for your
own suffering, for your own feeling that no one is concern about what you feel. The "sea"
symbol for silent , sadness or sorrow. "Highborn kinsmen" we can consider as her relative , like
parents, brothers and sisters etc etc. It says in the poem that " and bore her away from me away
from me " so it means someone take her dead body away for someone or something. The
"angels" it symbolizes for the gladness or rather kindness but in the poem not only being a good
servant but also being a evil or demons who separate Annabel Lee yo his husband Edgar Allan
Poe. The " sepulchre" symbol for her momentum or where her body put for her memories.

Figurative language
Literary devices are techniques that the writers use to convey their ideas, feelings, and message
to the readers. Poe has used various literary devices to enhance the intended impacts of his poem.
Some of the major literary devices have been analyzed below.
Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line such as the sound of /a/
and /i/ in “It was many and many a year ago,” and “And this maiden she lived with no other
thought”.
Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things with their five senses. Poe has used
visual imagery to make the readers imagine a cold and desolate place where he lives with his
beloved, “In a kingdom by the sea” and “In her tomb by the sounding sea”.
Personification: Personification is to give human characteristics to inanimate objects. For
example, “the wind came out of the cloud by night,/ Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee” as if
the wind is a human and capable of killing another person.
Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line such as /l/ sound
in “Than to love and be loved by me” and /w/, /th/ and /l/ sounds in “But we loved with a love
that was more than love–”.
Symbolism: Symbolism is using symbols to signify ideas and qualities, giving them symbolic
meanings that are different from the literal meanings. “The sea” is the symbol of evil and
darkness, “moon” and “the stars” both symbolizes the speaker’s lover and her stunning beauty.
Allusions: Allusion is an indirect reference of a person, place, thing or idea of a historical,
cultural, political or literary significance. Poe has used allusion in the tenth line, “seraphs in
heaven”, which alludes to the Bible when it degrades the angels to the level of demons.
Enjambment: Enjambment refers to the continuation of a sentence without the pause beyond the
end of a line, couplet or stanza such as: “And this maiden she lived with no other thought; Than
to love and be loved by me”.

Relationship of the piece of today’s generation

It is all about death of a love one’s or the loyalty of the lovers with each other. Today’s
generation almost all have their lover specially the generation z or the teens. It reflect that not all
is not contented with one lover, because according to our observation the teens always saying
that no one is contented with just one lover.

Insight
 Edgar Allan Poe wrote “Annabel Lee” sometime before his death, and the poem was
published right after he died. “Annabel Lee” explores a similar theme that exist in some of Poe’s
other works such as “The Oval Portrait,” which involves the death of a young, beautiful woman.
One could argue that the poem is a depiction of Poe’s relationship with Virginia. To elaborate,
the poem describes a love the speaker shares with Annabel Lee. The relationship is similar to
Poe’s relationship with Virginia. The speaker and Annabel Lee are described to be very young
when they fell in love (Poe, 7-10). Their youth is similar to how Poe met Virginia when she was
a child (Moore).

Aside from the speaker’s relationship with Annabel Lee, an important aspect of the poem
is her death. The speaker ends the poem when he professes how he lies next to her tomb to show
how strong his love is for her (38-41). Ultimately, Annabel Lee’s fate and the speaker’s reaction
mirrors Poe’s relationship with Virginia. Both Annabel Lee and Virginia die at a young age
which affects their respective lover. The similarity supports the idea that Virginia is the
inspiration behind the poem. The significance behind “Annabel Lee” centers on her influence on
Poe’s writing after her death. Poe, while tragically dealing with Virginia’s death, writes a poem
that mirrors his relationship with her.

Values presented

A Romantic piece of literature, at its core, values an emotional response over reason. Dark
Romanticism also focuses on the tendencies of humans to drift toward sin and self-destruction
instead of goodness.

In "Annabel Lee," there is a definite emotional response—one of deep love and longing. The
speaker feels that he and his beloved Annabel Lee "loved with a love that was more than love,"
so much so that the angels in Heaven became envious of them. Thus, Annabel Lee was killed,
but the speaker has never stopped loving her.

This is where tendencies of self-destruction factor into the poem. Note that he feels there are
"demons down under the sea," and he chooses to lie by this same sea each night, effectively lying
near the demons which plague him. Instead of making peace with the loss of his love, the
speaker goes to her sepulchre, faithfully staying with her every night.
Annabel
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