“The angels, not half 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”. The angels were envious of their love so the narrator is blaming the angels for making Annabel Lee sick and pass away. Also, apparently everyone in their town knew that it was the angels’ fault for her death.
Even though Annabel Lee has passed away, the fifth stanza describes how their love will last forever. “But our love it was stronger by far than the love/Of those who were older than we/Of many far wiser than we” shows that even though they were young, their love was true and better than any other love. The narrator trusts so much in their love that he believes that nothing in this world, or the next, can separate them from being together; “And neither the angels in Heaven above/Nor the demons down under the sea/Can ever dissever my soul from the soul/Of the beautiful Annabel