The poem I chose was Annabel lee by Edgar Allen Poe. Edgar
Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 and he died on October 7, 1849. Poe was
an American poet and he was consider. to
be part of the American Romantic Movement. Poe started to get recognize when he
started to edit for gentleman’s magazine and graham’s magazine, that when he
started to publish some of his work
This poem stood out for me in many ways, which is why I chose
it. The meaning behind the story is very
tragic but yet romantic. The writer
speaks of undying love for Annabel lee when he mentions he went to visit
her tomb after death. It showed that his love for her wasn’t just a teenage
crush but stronger.
The symbolism in
this poem are Annabel, the kingdom, the sea, sepulcher. Poe uses these things
to describe his emotion and is a way of him hiding the way he feels. Using these
symbolism give him away to express
himself with out really telling people
who is it about.
There are many symbolisms behind this poem and one of them
will be the sea. The sea symbolizes the speaker’s pain and the loneliness he
feels without her. The kingdom represents the cruelty of people. Annabel Lee
symbolizes the speakers real life love, Virginia Clemm. Because of her death,
Annabel, also represents the love and pain the speaker felt after his loss.
Though the poem doesn't speak much of Annabel's death besides "chilling
and killing my Annabel Lee." He didn't want to face the truth of her death
so he instead uses the sepulcher as the symbol of her death. It was a less
frightening way of facing reality.
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