The Case of Annabel Lee
Often disturbing and dreary memories could lead to brilliant pieces of literature. Edgar Allan Poe is a perfect representation of this; he agonized such a terrible childhood that haunted him for the rest of his life. He was an American author known as the Father of American Horror, and constructed many horrifying stories and poems during his days. In many of his writings, he explains some situations that reflect his own childhood and adulthood. Another example would be “The Cask of Amontillado,” where Fortunato was taken away from his family, because Montresor's wanted revenge from his family's loss in lives and wealth. This relates to Poe’s life because at a adolescent age his father left him and his mother, but …show more content…
Annabel Lee is taken from the narrator by her highborn kinsman. It does not state how she died, but one can conclude that it was very sudden and the narrator was grieving very much.This relates to Poe’s life, because when Virginia had passed away, he was in a very poor stage with alcohol and wasted all of his money. It says in the poem:
The angles not so happy in Heaven, went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, in this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. (Poe 21-26)
Poe addressed this because he might have thought that this was the reason Virginia was taken from him. This means that the writer is grieving over the death and will not admit that his lover could not have been taken away from their perfect world together.
Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849 and due to the lack of money from his friends, he were arranged in the same tomb as his wife, Virginia (Christopher P Semter/ np) In the poem, the speaker is so in love with Annabel Lee that every night he would sleep next to his dead wife’s corpse. Stated in stanza
Often disturbing and dreary memories could lead to brilliant pieces of literature. Edgar Allan Poe is a perfect representation of this; he agonized such a terrible childhood that haunted him for the rest of his life. He was an American author known as the Father of American Horror, and constructed many horrifying stories and poems during his days. In many of his writings, he explains some situations that reflect his own childhood and adulthood. Another example would be “The Cask of Amontillado,” where Fortunato was taken away from his family, because Montresor's wanted revenge from his family's loss in lives and wealth. This relates to Poe’s life because at a adolescent age his father left him and his mother, but …show more content…
Annabel Lee is taken from the narrator by her highborn kinsman. It does not state how she died, but one can conclude that it was very sudden and the narrator was grieving very much.This relates to Poe’s life, because when Virginia had passed away, he was in a very poor stage with alcohol and wasted all of his money. It says in the poem:
The angles not so happy in Heaven, went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know, in this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. (Poe 21-26)
Poe addressed this because he might have thought that this was the reason Virginia was taken from him. This means that the writer is grieving over the death and will not admit that his lover could not have been taken away from their perfect world together.
Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849 and due to the lack of money from his friends, he were arranged in the same tomb as his wife, Virginia (Christopher P Semter/ np) In the poem, the speaker is so in love with Annabel Lee that every night he would sleep next to his dead wife’s corpse. Stated in stanza