Annabel Lee is formulated as an effective commentary on the debilitating nature of untimely death. The poem, written by Edgar Allan Poe, was written as a literary output that allowed him to showcase the pain he’d experienced throughout his own life in a digestible way for an audience of the time. Because of this personal connection to the theme of the poem Edgar produced an exceptionally vivid description of grief that stands as the greatest poem of all time that successfully utilizes a diverse diction to create exceptional imagery that captivates his audience.
Edgar Allan Poe uses recurring language of religion to relate heavily with his audience of the time, which was a flourishing religious America in 1849. By using lines like “With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven coveted her and me” Edgar creates a relatable subject matter that his audience can understand by using as carefully determined diction edgar forges a strong connection. Edgar also uses this religious aspect to create a sense of significance for the love that
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What’s important remains the same continually, the love for and from Annabel Lee and the smothering kingdom by the sea. The sea serves as a constant reminder for the narrating voice that what he had is gone with every pleasant memory being contrasted by the sea, with lines like “I was a child and she was a child” representing the childlike love he held and the “kingdom by the sea” comes immediately to snuff out that pleasantry. This kingdom by the sea can be seen as a direct reflection of the Tuberculosis that continually haunted Edgar Allan Poe throughout his life and because of this Annabel Lee maintains a melancholy feel that would be impossible to match by any author who had not experienced such a