Annabel Lee
The poem 'Annabel Lee' can be classified as a poem in many different ways. Ballads became widely popular during the medieval ages, when traveling singers called troubadours roamed around the land singing of great deeds done by heroic knights. These ballads consisted of supernatural elements, such as fire breathing dragons and crafty old wizards. At the end of the ballad, the knight usually rescued a beautiful princess. 'Annabel Lee,' written by Edgar Allen Poe, has all of these characteristics and truly can be identified as a ballad. 'Annabel Lee' tells of a love story between the narrator and his lost love, Annabel Lee. He explains that the love they shared together was greater than anything in the world. Even the angels from heaven were jealous of the love Annabel Lee and the narrator shared. "The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, went envying her and me; yes, that was the reason (as all men know, in this kingdom by the sea) that the wind came out of the clo
Edgar Allen Poe filled his poem with supernatural elements. The narrator explains that one night a wind blew from a cloud and chilled his Annabel Lee. "And this was the reason that, long ago, in this kingdom by the sea, a wind blew out of a cloud by night, chilling my Annabel Lee; so that her highborn kinsmen came, and bore her away from me, to shut her up in a sepulchre, in this kingdom by the sea." The narrator goes on to explain that angels from heaven caused the chilling wind to chill his Annabel Lee. But the love that they shared was no ordinary love. He vindicates that demons below the sea or the angels from above can ever separate the soul of Annabel Lee and his. 'Annabel Lee' rhymes, as all ballads do. This particular poem has a certain beat to it. The words at the end of every even numbered lines rhyme. Furthermore, all of the words rhyme with 'Annabel Lee.' For example, in stanza 1, lines 2, 4, and 6 end with the words sea, Lee, and me, respectively. Many of the ball
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Approximate Word count = 664
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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