What is the meaning of the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe?

Question

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 winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it 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.

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;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Answer 1

Using a melodious narrative form, the speaker laments the death, many years ago, of his beloved young bride Annabel Lee. His loss moves him to state that envious angels caused the girl's death to "dissever" (separate) the young married couple. He tells briefly of her funeral and entombment "in her sepulchre … by the sea." The narrator then reveals that he has been unable to accept their separation. Since her death, he has spent night after night at her tomb, an astonishing and perverse example of the immortality of young love.

Answer 2

Annabel Lee is an Edgar Allan Poe poem. Edgar Allan Poe is thought to be insane by many people. This poem is about the man going mad over his wife's death.

Answer 3

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Well, I love the obvious classics: The Raven, Annabel Lee, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher … I also love the poem Ulalume; I think it is absolutely beautiful. My favorite stories would probably be The Purloined Letter and The Murders in the Rue Morgue. Wonderful stories, and very exciting. He also wrote a novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, which I enjoyed up until the end, which was rather disappointing. I remain convinced he never really finished it, but I recommend it just the same.

Answer 4

I Googled

"Annabel Lee" theme

and found :

"Annabel Lee", By Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), A Study Guide : http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides2/Annabel.html

Answer 5

What Happened To Annabel Lee

Answer 6

Annabel Lee Sparknotes

Answer 7

Alledgedly E.A. Poe was inspired by the love for his little niece (or cousin) to write this poem.

Edgar Allen Poe may have been a brilliant man of letters, but he had some severe emotional issues.

Answer 8

The poem is a metaphor for a man who lost the opportunity to read poetry for himself and apply his own experiences to the interpretation thereof. There's a lesson in there....

Answer 9

Yes, it's a very sad poem. I memorized it many decades ago. It was written after the death of Foster's wife, and apparently in memory of his love for her.
Foster himself died at about fourty as a result of his drinking habit.
Keep up your interest in classical poetry.

Answer 10

He is writing about the death of his very young wife. She was only 14 when he married her and she died from TB.