Edgar Allan Poe is widely known for his fascination of writing about death within his poetry. In fact, he has even been quoted claiming that the death of a beautiful woman is the most poetic topic in the entire world. In his final poem, Annabel Lee, Poe writes about the death of his beautiful, young love in a kingdom by the sea. Within the poem, Poe’s use of a musical rhyming pattern, vivid imagery, and figurative language all come together to support the poem’s overall meaning. Outside factors such as his long history of writing poems about death and the fact that many believe this poem to be about his late wife, have also contributed to the poem’s overall meaning that love is everlasting.
Poe’s personal background and long list of personal …show more content…
From an early age Poe knew what it was like to experience misfortune. He had multiple close loved ones die throughout his life, which is why many believe he wrote about death so often within his poetry. At the tender age of two Poe’s mother died of tuberculosis and he became an orphan. He was fostered by the Allan family, but never quite seemed to get along with his “adoptive” father. At 18, Poe joined the army due to his ensuing debt. He served in artillery for two years until seeking to end his enlistment three years early. Upon returning home Poe discovered his foster mother pronounced dead from an illness not too dissimilar to that of his late mother’s. After the death of his second mother Poe was already becoming all too familiar with the heartbreaking attributes of death. After another death, that of his eldest brother in 1831, and along with his growing debt and increasing alcoholism Poe found himself being discharged from his editing jobs at a local periodical. Around the same time, Poe married his cousin Virginia Clemm. He was twenty-six and she thirteen. In 1847, after eleven years of marriage, Virginia had an …show more content…
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Poe’s personal background and long list of personal …show more content…
From an early age Poe knew what it was like to experience misfortune. He had multiple close loved ones die throughout his life, which is why many believe he wrote about death so often within his poetry. At the tender age of two Poe’s mother died of tuberculosis and he became an orphan. He was fostered by the Allan family, but never quite seemed to get along with his “adoptive” father. At 18, Poe joined the army due to his ensuing debt. He served in artillery for two years until seeking to end his enlistment three years early. Upon returning home Poe discovered his foster mother pronounced dead from an illness not too dissimilar to that of his late mother’s. After the death of his second mother Poe was already becoming all too familiar with the heartbreaking attributes of death. After another death, that of his eldest brother in 1831, and along with his growing debt and increasing alcoholism Poe found himself being discharged from his editing jobs at a local periodical. Around the same time, Poe married his cousin Virginia Clemm. He was twenty-six and she thirteen. In 1847, after eleven years of marriage, Virginia had an …show more content…
“ (Johnson