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__Introduction__ Edgar Allen Poe was a dark and gothic poet who lived in the 1800's. His poem "Annabel Lee" illustrates these characters in many ways. __The Life Summary Of Edgar Allen Poe__ Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He went to school in Virginia and England but no one really knew how great of a writer he would be until later on. He became an assistant editor at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond, Virginia. Starting around 1835 his gift in writing really started to show. Around this time Poe fell in love with his 13 year old cousin Virginia and they got married. He now had to provide for a fameily so that is why he took this job in the first place. As Poe grew older and more mature, his work also matured. In 1841, Poe was offered a job to work for George Graham as an editor. He was offered $800 a year and was producing some of his most famous work at this time. In April of 1841 Poe’s story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue ” was published. While he was in Philadelphia Poe had a lot of his horror stories published. The poem that had truly given Poe all the fame he should have had before was “The Raven”. The people of his time loved it. In February 1847 his wife died really young from consumption. Poe, as anyone would be, was devastated. After his wife died his life did not go so well. He attempted suicide, tried new relationships and engagements and failed, and his writing was also getting worse, especially with his new hobby of drinking. Poe was in a great state of depression. Poe ended up dying in October 1849 in Baltimore at the age of 40. Even though the exact cause of his death has never been clear, it is most likely that drinking contributed to it. [|Edgar Allen Poe's Life Summary]

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__Poem Translation (meaning) and Analysis__ Annabel Lee is a poem about the love between the author and Annabel. Poe begins by providing us background with who Annabel Lee is. Annabel Lee is described to be a maiden who lives by a kingdom by the sea, and her only way to live it to love and be loved by the author. When Poe uses the word child in line seven, he's using a metaphor by using the word child to describe the youth and innocence of their love (eNotes). He goes on by telling that their love was so great that it was stronger than the love of old and wiser couples. It was so strong that the angels in heaven were jealous of their love (123helpme). He blames the angels for killing Annabel Lee. Poe says that “ 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” (Poe). He is using imagry with wind that blew out of a cloud to demonstrate how swiftly death came to his Annabel (eNotes). Their love was so strong that “ 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. Poe is using allusion when he talks about the demons under the sea. The demons under the sea an allusion of the Greek myth Andromeda threatened by the sea monster, and then rescued by Perseus. He uses another allusion with the words “dissever” and “soul” (Poe). Poe talks about Pauls epistle to the Romans about nothing seperating us from God’s love (eNotes). Edgar Allen Poe is describing their love to be as insperable as God’s love for us. Poe goes on to say that without his Annabel Lee, there isn’t a night that he doesn’t dream of her, especially her eyes. He misses her to the point that he lies down next to her grave to be next too her by the sea, and hopes the sea carries him away so he can join her in heaven. __Reflection__ The poem is a very dark poem but that is to be expected from Poe. We think that this poem was easy to read and to be understood. It is a sad poem because it is talking about the love of his life dying. It is also a gothic poem because he talks about wanting to die so he can join her in heaven. We both liked this poem very much and are very happy that we chose it.

__Works Cited__ "An Analysis of Annabel Lee." __123HelpMe.com__. 07 Jan 2009. < [|http://www.123HelpMe.com/view.asp?id=4160] >.

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