Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe - Essay Example

Edgar Allan Poe substantiates his creation of “Annabel Lee” with the thematic details about the demise of his love, he utilizes rich imagery through the ‘kingdom by the sea’, the sea itself, highborn kinsman, sepulcher, angels, and seraphs, as well as moon and stars. The male speaker in the first person viewpoint mentions “In this kingdom by the sea” about five times throughout the poem where the said ‘kingdom’ appears in a vast setting that he may be perceived to evoke an overwhelming sentiment for it being in its expanse capable of separating the man from his beloved Annabel Lee. Even the ‘sea’ which is cold and immense by nature may symbolize a state of depression and hopelessness, towards getting to the other side where the love of one’s life is since an individual can't cross its extent alone.

While he equivalently finds no favor in the meaning of ‘winged seraphs’ and ‘angels’ who take his love away from him, the speaker delights in the images of the moon and the stars which are a personification and a metaphor provider of dreams and the bright eyes of Annabel Lee, respectively. Read More