“Annabel Lee”
BY EDGAR ALLAN POE
GUTIERREZ, ROJAY Z.
BSEE-3
Summary:
The poem is about a young love cut short by tragedy which tells about a story of the speaker and
Annabel lee. According to the narrator Annabel lee have only taught about the love they shared, and even
though they are both young their love have been more truly as what love can be. As such their love have
been coveted by the angels which sent down a wind that blows and killed her lover Annabel lee, which
cause to have their family to take her away from him. Then ending the poem as the narrator reminisced
of how their love was stronger by far than the love of those who were older than them, as he lay down
beside the tomb of his beloved surrounded by the sea, while the moon beams brings about dreams about
her beloved Annabel.
Analysis:
Theme: love and grief
Figure of speech used:
Simile:
'But we loved with a love that was more than love'
Metaphor:
'But our love it was stronger by far than the love of those who were older than we— of many far wiser
than we'
Hyperbole:
'this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me'
‘With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven coveted her and me'
‘neither the angels in Heaven above nor the demons down under the sea can ever dissever my soul from
the soul of the beautiful Annabel Lee'
‘For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee'
‘And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes of the beautiful Annabel Lee'