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Annabel Lee By Edgar Allan Poe

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There is nothing in this world more satisfying than finding your life’s partner or your ultimate true love, but having to lose someone so special to you is indescribably the worst feeling ever. In Edgar Allan Poe's poem “Annabel Lee”, the author describes himself as a “child” who falls in love with a young woman named Annabel Lee. Living “In a kingdom by the sea” (Poe Line 2), he and Annabel Lee seem to be extremely happy and their love is quite intense. In fact, because of how strong their love is for each other, Annabel Lee is murdered by “the winged seraphs of Heaven” (Line 11) who have sent a wind that chills Annabel Lee to her death. Devastated, the author refuses to give up on their love, believing that their souls are intertwined and in order to show his unconditional love for her, he dreams of her and sleeps next to her in her tomb every night. To maintain his claim that physical death holds no dominion over love Poe uses theme, imagery/repetition, and symbolism throughout the poem. …show more content…

Falling in love “In a kingdom by the sea” (Line 8), the love of the author and Annabel Lee is challenged by Annabel’s death. The author strongly believes that their souls are inseparable and that death isn't going to separate him from his love. He loves her so much that he still sees her in his dreams and even sleeps with her in her tomb every night. As love is presented throughout the poem, we sense a little envy as well. The love between the author and Annabel Lee is so strong that the “winged seraphs of Heaven” (Line 11) envy it and murder Annabel Lee. The extent of the seraphs’ envy of the love between the two is shown in the poem when the author

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