Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe Published November 1849 in The Southern Literary Messenger

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Annabel Leeby Edgar Allan PoePublished
November 1849 in The Southern Literary Messenger

• Presented by Raven Lawson and McKenzie Morgason

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Thesis

• The Glencoe textbook publishing company should
  publish Annabel Lee in the 2010 addition of the
  tenth grade text book because it tells a story of
  a man trying to overcome the loss of his wife.

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Rhyme Scheme

• I was a child and she was a child, A
• In this kingdom by the sea B
• But we loved with a love that was more than love
  C
• I and my Annabel Lee B
• With a love that winged seraphs of heaven D
• Coveted her and me B

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Rhythm

• It was many and many a year ago,
• In a kingdom by the sea,
• That a maiden there lived whom you may know
• By the name of Annabel Lee

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Assonance

• Poe shows assonance right away by repeating a
  and I sounds in the very first stanza and the
  first and fifth lines.
• It was many and many a year ago,
• And this maiden she lived with no other thought

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Consonance

• Poe shows consonance in the third line of the
  first verse and the third line of the second
  verse.
• That a maiden there lived whom you may know
• But we loved with a love that was more than
  love

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Alliteration

• Poe uses alliteration in lines one and five of
  verse 4.
• The angels, not half so happy in heaven
• That the wind came out of the cloud in one night

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Personification

• Poe uses personification in the last two lines of
  verse 4. He gives wind the characteristic of
  killing.
• That the wind came out of the cloud one night,
• Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee

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Hyperbole

• Poe uses the poetic device hyperbole in the first
  two lines of the forth stanza. Angels are usually
  happy in heaven and are not supposed to envy.
• The angels not so happy in heaven,
• Went envying her and me.

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Symbolism

• The poem Annabel Lee symbolizes Poes love
  life.
• Poe talks about Annabel as his wife dieing from
  the wind that was chilling and killing.
• In reality, his wife died of tuberculosis in
  1847.

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Conclusion

• This poem has many literary elements that make up
  the poem Rhyme Scheme, Rhythm, Consonance,
  Assonance, Alliteration, Personification,
  Hyperbole and Symbolism.