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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
narrative poem
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationDate | 1849-10-09 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
New-York Tribune
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surface form:
The New York Tribune
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| genre |
Gothic poetry
ⓘ
romantic poetry ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
dramatic readings and performances
ⓘ
musical settings ⓘ short films inspired by the poem ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Annabel Lee
self-link
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Annabel Lee’s highborn kinsmen ⓘ the narrator ⓘ winged seraphs of Heaven ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
American popular culture depictions of tragic romance
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later Gothic and romantic poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
ⓘ
Gothic literature ⓘ
surface form:
Dark Romanticism
|
| meter | anapestic meter with variations ⓘ |
| motif |
angels
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childlike love ⓘ sepulchre (tomb) ⓘ the sea ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Annabel Lee self-link ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| refrain |
"in this kingdom by the sea"
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"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
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eternal love ⓘ loss ⓘ mourning ⓘ the power of love beyond death ⓘ |
| tone |
haunting
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melancholic ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1849 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Edgar Allan Poe
subject surface form:
Lenore (poem)