“Annabel Lee”, a poem, describes the beautiful yet agonizing memories of the narrator. The speaker pays tribute to his former love Annabel. The speaker tells how he used to know Annabel Lee as a child, living in a seaside town. The poet makes it clear the two children were so infatuated that even the angels became jealous. The speaker appears to blame angels’ jealousy for the end of his love. According to the speaker, the cloudy wind caused Annabel’s illness and death. The reader will learn at the end of the poem that Annabel Lee’s relatives buried their relative in a burial tomb. The speaker’s narration elaborates on the theme of love, which is apparent in the poem.
The poem is full of love, as the speaker’s narration revolves solely around the subject. Their love for Annabel began in their teens, when they lived together by the sea. However, their relationship was challenged by Annabel’s death. Annabel is not forgotten by the narrator. He believes that the souls of both are linked. He sleeps at her tomb in the night to remember his lost love. The speaker of the poem relates that love caused jealousy, which he believes was the cause of Annabel’s demise. He bravely says that angels were only half as happy with him as he was and Annabel. The narration suggests that angels were very jealous of Annabel, since everyone believes they are angels in heaven. Although envy is a topic that can be categorised on its own, it falls under love in Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry “Annabel Lee”. The speaker of the poem explains that it is love which has caused the envy.
Edgar Allan Poe may have written this poem in reference to many women, but there was one wife who married him young and died soon after. Poe brings up the youthfulness of Annabel Lea’s unnamed speaker and celebrates her emotions as if it were the romantic period of the 18th or 19th century. Poe is vague in describing the setting, even when he describes a romantic atmosphere at the kingdom on the sea.
Edgar Allan Poe did not blame directly the angels and demons who killed his love. The speaker strategically blames everyone for Annabel’s death, claiming that no one could separate Annabel’s soul from her beautiful body.
The musicality in the poem can be seen by the rhythm created by Edgar Allan Poe. The musicality of the poem is a result of phrases like “the lovely Annabel” or “in the Kingdom by the Sea”. Poe’s musicality is also created by the repetition of certain words. The rhyme scheme emphasizes “me,” “Lee,”and “sea”.
Edgar Allan Poe’s poem uses imagery to demonstrate his unique style. Allan Poe begins his poem with the imagery of the Kingdom to show the love between the two characters before their death. Poe uses this imagery several times, but the phrase “a Kingdom by the Sea” is the most significant. It sets the tone in the poem. The imagery gives the poem an almost fairytale feeling. The image of a kingdom is repeated so many times that it gives readers the feeling of not knowing where they are. Poe repeats the phrase four or more times, but doesn’t elaborate on its meaning. In this case, the imagery creates suspense and leaves readers to use their imagination. Maybe it’s to give the readers a vivid picture of a different time and place. The kingdom might also represent the cruelty and tyranny that is the world.
Edgar Allan Poe uses sea imagery in his poetry. The speaker’s narrative is tied together with the imagery of his sea. Poe does not mention the word kingdom when he says “sea”. We get the impression that this is a place where demons are present, and that they are part of the people who are jealous. Since we imagine hell as being underground, it’s easy to picture demons slithering beneath the water. The poem “Annabel Lee” uses the image of the dark creatures that live under the sea to make the sea seem scary.
The speaker’s mention of his beloved Annabel being buried beside the sea water is a clear example of sea imagery. We can picture the sea lapping at the tomb the speaker mentions. The sea appears to be the final word in the poem. It makes us imagine that the entire thing is rounded out by the sea. Poe’s phrases that mention the sea create alliteration. The mysterious nature of sea is left unresolved in the minds of readers even after the poem ends.
In the poem, Annabel Lee’s character is portrayed as imagery. The speaker tells her story through the character Annabel Lee. Annabel, with her beautiful face and youthful age, is evidently the inspiration behind the poem. By mentioning her death, the speaker brings back the memory. The poem is filled with imagery that makes readers imagine Annabel’s death. Poe repeatedly mentions Annabel in the last sad lines. Her names echo like an echoes. The last stanza’s name makes it sound like the poet is trying desperately to bring Annabel back.
The speaker is pictured as a man who would be interesting to talk with at a party. He is pictured as charming, interesting, and able of telling good stories. One would want to hear the sad stories that he could tell. The speaker’s imagined location is a beach town in the middle of nowhere with imposing towers, and big steel gates. This would make Annabel happy.
The poem is filled with the imaginations of angels, demons, and more. The speaker’s envy makes them take responsibility for Annabel’s death. The speaker is negative about the angels. The phrase “winged seraphs” has a significant role in giving the poem a legendary and superior flavour. The reader can easily imagine what happens when angels become jealous of an ordinary human. The speaker mentions also that the angels thought they would be winning by killing Annabel’s love, but their bond remains strong. To the religious worldview, it is a complete illusion that angels with demons are under the sea. The angels, demons, and Annabel are all grouped together in a way that makes no sense.
The poem “Annabel”, which is the best-known title of Edgar Allan Poe, describes the tragic death of an attractive young woman. Poe’s works and the poem Annabel are comparable. On the basis of his actions, it can be concluded that the speaker did not want to only expose his teenage romance with Annabel but a relationship lasting forever.