Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe
Title: The name he uses to speak of his love, as this is a love poem about his love for her.
Paraphrase: This poem is very straight forward in his word use and easily understandable however there are several choice sentences that need some explaining
“But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee- With a love that the winged Seraphs in Heaven Coveted her and me.”
Now there is only 1 other women he speaks of saying that she is coveted or loved by Angels in Heaven, or is loved more than love itself, which is Lenore, most famously mentioned in ‘The Raven’. This has led many to believe that they are one woman in the same.
‘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:-‘
Here he is stating that no matter what separates them, whether it be heaven or hell, life or death, wise men or their elders cannot separate their love, and keep them apart.
Connotation:
He uses ‘sea’ as a representation of hell, as he quotes “the demons under the sea’ as for him this world is oh so close to hell, without his love.
Shift:
There is no true shift in this poem, the entire time he is declaring the strength of their love and how nothing can come between it, it is a rare example of Poe’s poems not having a shift, whether small or large, in tone at some point, and is oddly upbeat for his style.
Title revisited: No new opinions
Theme: The strength of a love so strong, true lovers cannot be separated, even by death, for the one alive will come tumbling after.
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