Edger Allen Poe's Annabel Lee

“Annabel Lee” is poem about the memory of an endless deep love. The speaker is reminiscing about his one and only true love is Annabel Lee. This poem is full of imagery, phrases such as “in a kingdom by the sea”, rhythm and rhyme and symbolism. The tale of true love even though it was young love was only love in the eyes of the speaker. The Kingdom is the first image we come across in the poem; Edger Allen Poe uses it many times, always as a part of the phrase "a kingdom by the sea." It is kind of used like a chorus in a song. The verses tell us a story, but the chorus “a kingdom by the sea” comes back to the main images again and again as seen in lines 2, 8, 14, 20 and 24.This phrase and its meaning is what can also help us set the tone of the poem, which kind of sets it up for a “fairytale” type of feeling.
The speaker than goes on to describe his and Annabel Lee’s love, that they only loved each other without “thought” (5). The speaker sees the Angels as evil and jealous and not of love and light like we see the Angels of Heaven. Using the phrase "winged seraphs" to describe the Angels Poe adds yet again a mythological feel to the poem. The speaker says it is because their love was so deep and passionate and because the Angels were so jealous if it, they caused Annabel Lee to become sick and die. The speaker than goes on to blame not only the Angels for taking his “love” away but the “highborn kinsmen” as well. The “highborn Kinsmen” could represent Annabel Lee’s family. The term “sepulchre” meaning tomb is where Annabel Lees’ body is laid to