Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Annabel Lee- Edgar Allen Poe

The narrator in the poem describes his intense and eternal love for Annabel Lee. They were young lovers, and she died at an early age. Their love was deeper than anyone elses no matter how old or wise they were. The narrator says how the angels were jealous of their love, and that is why they took her from him. He says how nothing, even her death, could end his love for her though. He thinks about her all the time and even lays by her in her tomb every night even though she has been dead for many years. He even says how their love was more than love. He seems to believe that they are only to be separated for a short time, and they will be reunited when he dies. This poems seems like other poems written by Poe where a young beautiful girl dies like in 'The Raven'. Does the sea have more meaning than the actual setting? The sea could symbolize the many different things and people surrounding the couple. The immense amount of other people than could have been with, but instead they were with each other. The rhyme scheme in each of the stanzas differ. In the first stanza the rhyme scheme is A,B,A,B,C,B, but no other stanzas have the same rhyme scheme. The last four lines of the poem end in two couplets. Why did Poe do this? Was it to show how the death of Annabel Lee was strange and different than others, or the Annabel Lee was different?

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