Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe: Summary & Analysis
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Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" is one of his most famous and beloved poems. Written in 1849, it was published shortly after Poe's death and is often considered his final complete poem. The poem tells the tragic story of a young man’s deep and eternal love for his beautiful Annabel Lee. This love, described as so powerful that even the angels in Heaven envied it, is central to the poem’s theme of love and loss. Poem: "Annabel Lee"
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 wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the re…