Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

Synopsis:

This is the last complete poem written by Edgar Allan Poe. The themes include the death of a beautiful woman and of a love that is unending and strong and goes beyond the grave. The narrator describes his love for Annabel Lee, which began many years ago in a kingdom by the sea.

Although they were young, they loved each other deeply and still have a strong, unending love, and the narrator believes their souls are entwined.

Review:

I loved this poem and found it to be very beautiful and loved the theme of a strong, everlasting, love.

“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.”

“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.”

“But our love was stronger by far than the love of those who were older than we of many far wiser than we. And 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.”