Annabel Lee By Edgar Allan Poe

Love is a common theme in poetry and “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe displays this theme clearly. The poem begins with a young man and woman who are in love. They are young, but their age cannot undermine the power of their love. Tragically, the young woman dies and the blame for her death is placed on the angels. This beautiful poem discusses the different aspects of their love and addresses the supposedly supernatural cause of her death. The most obvious theme displayed in “Annabel Lee” is love. Poe reiterates that their love is powerful and consuming. He describes that they love each other so deeply that their love is all they that matters. Poe claims that that they “loved with a love that was more than love” (9), which displays the power of their love for each other. This theme of powerful love continues throughout the entire poem and he declares 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.” (31-33). The pair is young as Poe makes clear throughout the entire poem. “But our love it was stronger by far than the love/ Of those who were older than we-/ Of many far wiser than we” (27-29). Their young love ends in tragedy when Annabel Lee suddenly dies. This is similar to the tale of Romeo and
This theme of young love is clear. Poe says“I was a child and she was a child,” (7) when they fell in love, but their age doesn't matter. This poem shows that you can fall in love whether you are young or old, but in “Annabel Lee” their happiness ends tragically when she dies. This section of the poem looks similar to the tale of Romeo and Juliet, the young lovers who died a young, tragic death. A common theme in many stories of young love is death, they are destined to die at an early