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The poem is narrated by Annabel Lee's lover, who forcefully rails against the people—and supernatural beings—who tried to get in the way of their love. Ultimately, the speaker claims that his bond with Annabel Lee was so strong that, even after her death, they are still together. Read the full text of “Annabel Lee”
Across seven stanzas of variable length and meter, he tells of his tragic loss. The speaker claims that, when they were young, their connection was so potent that it aroused the jealousy of the angels.
Summary. ‘Annabel Lee’ by Edgar Allan Poe is a beautiful ballad-like poem that describes one speaker’s loss of his lover, Annabel Lee. The poem tells the story of two lovers in a kingdom by the sea. They were so deeply in love that the angels in heaven envied their love.
Summary of Stanza 1 of the poem Annabel Lee. Line-by-line analysis.
While the rhyme scheme of the Annabel Lee poem by Edgar Allan Poe is not stable, it does have certain mainstays in each stanza. For instance, the first stanza has the rhyme scheme ABABCB. You can see that there is consistent repetition of the B rhyme, and this persists into the second stanza.
Summary: Long ago, "in a kingdom by the sea," lived Annabel Lee, who loved the narrator. Both she and the narrator were children but knew love more powerful than that of the angels, who envied them. A wind chilled and killed Annabel, but their love was too strong to be defeated by angels or demons.
Technical analysis of Annabel Lee literary devices and the technique of Edgar Allan Poe.