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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
Than to love and be loved by me.

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.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and 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.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
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 the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

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'Annabel lee' was the last poem Edgar Allan Poe wrote before his death in 1849. He sold the rights to it while he was still alive, but it was not published until after his death. Poe often wrote about women dying. 'Annabel Lee' is the same way. His young wife died two years prior. Since the poem was written after Poe's wife's death, it is believed that it was probably written for her.

The poem is narrated by a young man who falls in love with a young woman named Annabel Lee.  The narrator and Annabel Lee are very happy and very in love. Their love for each other is so intense, that the angels become jealous and murder Annabel Lee. The narrator believe that the heavens sent down a wind to chill her to death. The narrator is devistated but doesn’t let her death take her from him. He sees her everywhere and in his dreams. Every night he dreams of her and sleeps next to her in her tomb.

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The poem is an Elegy, a very serious poem, usually full of sorrow for the dead.  Poe uses alliteration and repetition to create a rhythm which he manipulates in certain verses to change the cadence. This helps bring attention and significance to important lines. Poe uses many symbols in "Annabel Lee".  That there love was so strong it would take a supernatural force to tear them apart. He claims that the angels sent the wind came and made his Annabel sick and took her away from him.

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Just before 1849,  the war with Mexico ended, and Zachary Taylor was just elected president.  The death of Poe's wife was devastating to him. She died in 1947. "During 1849, American settlers were still expanding west", and "the California Gold Rush just began. As each state was being founded, the argue of slavery was a huge issue."  Poe dies this year, and 'Annabel lee' was published two days after the Poe's death.

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"His wife, Virginia, had died in 1847 after suffering a prolonged illness." A friend of both Edgar Allen Poe and his wife stated that the poem was written to celebrate his love for his wife.  Other Possible inspirations for this poem are: Nancy, Annie, Richmond and Sarah Helen Whitman. Poe had relationships with both women in 1848.

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Love is definitely the major theme of "Annabel Lee." Even if it's a little twisted in places, this is a poem about love. Love is the main theme in "Annabel Lee," but mortality definitely comes in a close second. The speaker is obsessed with how and why Annabel died. He wants to know who he can blame for it. At the same time, the themes of death and love are tied together. The obsession over her death is caused by his love for Annabel lee so the two themes are quite intertwined.

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‘Annabel lee’ was an interesting poem to me for many reasons. The poem was kind of deceptive. Meaning on the outside, the poem seemed simple. A man loves a woman she dies and he becomes obsessed. So what. That spooky theme is like all of Poe’s other works, but when you dug deeper in the story and the history of Poe’s life at the time, the store got quite complex. There was the battle of themes and the thought of if the poem was about Poe’s wife that had died a couple years before. Overall this poem was a very good read and it really brings in the readers to wonder.

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Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most recognizable American poets. His works are required reading for students from middle school to college. His popularity is even more apparent around Halloween. However, in Charleston South Carolina, Poe is celebrated year round. Tourists can eat at "Poe's Tavern" or visit the "Edgar Allan Poe Library". Poe served in the army at Ft. Moultrie on Sullivan's Island near Charleston. He enlisted under the pseudonym Edgar Perry. Charleston has claimed that many of Poe's poems refer to the areas around the city and Sullivan's island. Annabel Lee is one of the poems that Charleston claims as their own. A local legend tells that a sailor stationed in Charleston fell in love with a local highborn girl, but due to her father's disapproval, the lovers had to meet in a local graveyard. After the sailor was called back to sea, Annabel fell sick and died. Upon the sailors return, her father refused to allow him to properly pay his last respects. The Sailors spirit is said to roam the graveyard where his love is buried. None of these claims can be substantiated, but due to his time there with the army it is certainly possible that he either heard of this legend or found his own inspiration for Annabel Lee

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I found his military background intriguing. He achieved a fair level of success, rising to the rank of Sergeant Major. However, he kept it a secret from the public, explaining his whereabouts during that time in his life by telling elaborate stories of his "travels in Europe and Russia" This poem serves as a somber reminder that the result of love is always death. There is always sorrow in separation. Poe uses this theme commonly in his works. In learning about this poem I learned many things about Poe and his upbringing and adult life. Being an orphan and never officially adopted by his foster family surely had major impacts on his personality and relationships.

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Peeples, Scott. "Unburied treasure: Edgar Allan Poe in the South Carolina Lowcountry." Southern Cultures, vol. 22, no. 2, 2016, p. 5+. Literature Resource Center, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A457972997/GLS?u=avlr&sid=GLS&xid=db5b0772. Accessed 30 Oct. 2018.

Johnson, Jeannine. "Overview of     'Annabel Lee'." Poetry for Students, edited by Ira Mark Milne, vol. 9, Gale, 2000. Literature Resource Center.

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In this poem I learned how much Poe loved and cherished his 'Annabel Lee'. Sooner or later the person we love will be taken away from us by death.  Poe was devastated by the death of his love and doesn't let death take her from him. He is constantly thinking and dreaming about his love. He truly loved her.