Personification In Annabel Lee

“Annabel Lee, a poem by Edgar Allen Poe is a true love story, filled with love, jealousy, and death. The structure of the poem is six stanzas ranging from six to eight lines, using a rhythmic scheme. The poem describes in depth the love Annabel and the narrator have for each other, it also speaks of the jealousy the angels had for them. The poetic elements vary with Poe using such an extreme rhythmic it may seem as a song. The ending of the poem is only the beginning of their love, showing that true love never dies. The Analysis of Annabel Lee Love, an intense internal solace. Inexhaustible as a river to the sea, an ever glowing light with unimaginable brightness that stares into the soul. The touch of glory or kiss of life, the desires to be loved beyond imagine. The taste of death ripping apart everything that is so desired. Tearing away at your insides, the death of a beautiful rose, a beautiful lie and a painful truth. Unhinged from the loss of his wife, Edgar Allen Poe wrote the poem “Annabel Lee”. In the …show more content…
Poe uses personification throughout this poem, Poe uses personification when he describes the angels coveting him and Annabel Lee, and he also uses it when referencing the wind “chilling” Annabel. Another element used within this poem is imagery. Poe uses imagery in the very beginning of the poem. He describes a “fairy tale” setting with saying “In a kingdom by the sea” (Poe, 1849), he also states that Annabel was a “maiden” and the family that took her away was “highborn kinsmen”. Repetition amalgamated this poem, the “kingdom by the sea” was repeated in five stanzas of the poem. Not only does this explain the social stature of Annabel it also explains the time and place the narrator lived. Poe made the poem flow together with his use of poetic elements, not only does he give vivid details about the cause and death of his love, the setting of the poem, and the imagery of the mental state of the