Annabel Lee

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"Annabel Lee" is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe that tells a hauntingly romantic tale of eternal love and loss set in a kingdom by the sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative poem
poem
author Edgar Allan Poe
authorDeathYearRelation written shortly before Edgar Allan Poe’s death in 1849
centralRelationship love between the narrator and Annabel Lee
collectedIn Edgar Allan Poe bibliography
surface form: The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationDate 1849-10-09
firstPublishedIn New-York Tribune
surface form: The New York Tribune
genre Gothic poetry
romantic poetry
hasAdaptation dramatic readings and performances
musical settings
short films inspired by the poem
hasCharacter Annabel Lee self-link
Annabel Lee’s highborn kinsmen
the narrator
winged seraphs of Heaven
influenceOn American popular culture depictions of tragic romance
later Gothic and romantic poetry
language English
literaryMovement American Romanticism
Gothic literature
surface form: Dark Romanticism
meter anapestic meter with variations
motif angels
childlike love
sepulchre (tomb)
the sea
narrativePerspective first person
originalTitle Annabel Lee self-link
publicationStatus posthumous
refrain "in this kingdom by the sea"
"of the beautiful Annabel Lee"
relatedWorkByAuthor Lenore
The Raven
Ulalume
rhymeScheme irregular rhyme scheme
setting a kingdom by the sea
subjectOf academic analysis of Poe’s treatment of love and death
literary criticism
theme death
eternal love
loss
mourning
the power of love beyond death
tone haunting
melancholic
yearWritten 1849

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Annabel Lee hasCharacter Annabel Lee self-link
Edgar Allan Poe notableWork Annabel Lee
Edgar notableWork Annabel Lee
subject surface form: Edgar Allan Poe
Annabel Lee originalTitle Annabel Lee self-link
Lenore relatedWork Annabel Lee
subject surface form: Lenore (poem)