Annabel Lee - wikipedia Annabel Lee For articles with the same or similar name, see Anabelle Lee ( disambiguation ). Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe Sartain 's Union Magazine of Literature and Art, January, 1850, Philadelphia Country United States Language English Publisher Sartain 's Union Magazine, John Sartain Publication date 1849 ( 1849 ) Read online Annabel Lee at Wikisource `` Annabel Lee '' is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe 's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels are envious. He retains his love for her even after her death. There has been debate over who, if anyone, was the inspiration for `` Annabel Lee ''. Though many women have been suggested, Poe 's wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe is one of the more credible candidates. Written in 1849, it was not published until shortly after Poe 's death that same year. Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Analysis 2.1 Poetic structure 3 Inspiration 4 Publication history and reception 5 Adaptations 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Synopsis The poem 's narrator describes his love for Annabel Lee, which began many years ago in a `` kingdom by the sea ''. Though they were young, their love for one another burned with such an intensity that angels became envious. It is for that reason that the narrator believes the seraphim caused her death. Even so, their love is strong enough that it extends beyond the grave and the narrator believes their two souls are still entwined. Every night, he dreams of Annabel Lee and sees the brightness of her eyes in the stars. Every night he lies down by her side in her tomb by the sea. Analysis Like many other Poe poems including `` The Raven '', `` Ulalume '', and `` To One in Paradise '', `` Annabel Lee '' follows Poe 's favorite theme : the death of a beautiful woman, which Poe called `` the most poetical topic in the world ''. Like women in many other works by Poe, she is struck with illness and marries young. The poem focuses on an ideal love which is unusually strong. In fact, the narrator 's actions show that he not only loves Annabel Lee, but he worships her, something he can only do after her death. The narrator admits that he and Annabel Lee were children when they fell in love, but his explanation that angels murdered her is in itself childish, suggesting he has failed to mature since then. His repetition of this assertion suggests he is trying to rationalize his own excessive feelings of loss. Unlike `` The Raven '', in which the narrator believes he will `` nevermore '' be reunited with his love, `` Annabel Lee '' says the two will be together again, as not even demons `` can ever dissever '' their souls. Poetic structure `` Annabel Lee '' consists of six stanzas, three with six lines, one with seven, and two with eight, with the rhyme pattern differing slightly in each one. Though it is not technically a ballad, Poe referred to it as one. Like a ballad, the poem uses repetition of words and phrases purposely to create its mournful effect. The name Annabel Lee emphasizes the letter `` L '', a frequent device in Poe 's female characters such as `` Eulalie '', `` Lenore '', and `` Ulalume ''. There is debate on the last line of the poem. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, Maryland has identified 11 versions of `` Annabel Lee '' that were published between 1849 and 1850. However, the biggest variation is in the final line : Original manuscript : In her tomb by the side of the sea Alternative version : In her tomb by the sounding sea Inspiration Poe 's wife Virginia is often assumed to be the inspiration for `` Annabel Lee ''. It is unclear on whom the eponymous character Annabel Lee is based. Biographers and critics often suggest Poe 's frequent use of the `` death of a beautiful woman '' theme stems from the repeated loss of women throughout his own life, including his mother Eliza Poe and his foster mother Frances Allan. Biographers often interpret that `` Annabel Lee '' was written for Poe 's wife Virginia, who had died two years prior, as was suggested by poet Frances Sargent Osgood, though Osgood is herself a candidate for the poem 's inspiration. A strong case can be made for Poe 's wife Virginia : She was the one he loved as a child, the only one who had been his bride, and the only one who had died. Autobiographical readings of the poem have also been used to support the theory that Virginia and Poe never consummated their marriage, as `` Annabel Lee '' was a `` maiden ''. Critics, including T.O. Mabbott, believed that Annabel Lee was merely the product of Poe 's gloomy imagination and that Annabel Lee was no real person in particular. A childhood sweetheart of Poe 's named Sarah Elmira Royster believed the poem was written with her in mind and that Poe himself said so. Sarah Helen Whitman and Sarah Anna Lewis also claimed to have inspired the poem. Local legend in Charleston, South Carolina tells the story of a sailor who met a woman named Annabel Lee. Her father disapproved of the pairing and the two met privately in a graveyard before the sailor 's time stationed in Charleston was up. While away, he heard of Annabel 's death from yellow fever, but her father would not allow him at the funeral. Because he did not know her exact burial location, he instead kept vigil in the cemetery where they had often secretly met. There is no evidence that Edgar Allan Poe had heard of this legend, but locals insist it was his inspiration, especially considering Poe was briefly stationed in Charleston while in the army in 1827. Publication history and reception 1849 fair copy by Edgar Allan Poe, Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library. `` Annabel Lee '' was likely composed in May 1849. Poe took steps to ensure the poem would be seen in print. He gave a copy to Rufus Wilmot Griswold, his literary executor and personal rival, gave another copy to John Thompson to repay a $5 debt, and sold a copy to Sartain 's Union Magazine for publication. Though Sartain 's was the first authorized printing in January 1850, Griswold was the first to publish it on October 9, 1849, two days after Poe 's death as part of his obituary of Poe in the New York Daily Tribune. Thompson had it published in the Southern Literary Messenger in November 1849. `` Annabel Lee '' was an inspiration for Vladimir Nabokov, especially for his novel Lolita ( 1955 ), in which the narrator, as a child, falls in love with the terminally ill Annabel Leigh `` in a princedom by the sea ''. Originally, Nabokov titled the novel The Kingdom by the Sea. Nabokov would later use this as the title of the Lolita `` doppelganger novel '' in Look at the Harlequins !. Adaptations The English composer Henry David Leslie ( 1822 - 96 ) set this as a ballad for voice and piano, respelling as ' Annabelle Lee '. The 1914 silent film The Avenging Conscience is based on `` Annabel Lee '' and Poe 's short story `` The Tell - Tale Heart. '' An adapted version of the poem appears on Sarah Jarosz 's 2011 album, Follow Me Down. Stevie Nicks recorded a version of this poem on her 2011 album, In Your Dreams. Joan Baez recorded a version of this poem on her 1967 album, Joan, with music by Don Dilworth. The band Alesana based three albums ( The Emptiness, A Place Where the Sun Is Silent and Confessions ) on the poem and called it The Annabel Trilogy. The poem appears on Marissa Nadler 's album, Ballads of Living and Dying. An adaptation appears in the song `` Three '' by the band La Dispute on their first spoken word EP, Here, Hear. and in the song `` Fall Down, Never Get Back Up Again '' on their album Somewhere at the Bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair. The poem was set to music by the English composer Joseph Charles Holbrooke ( 5 July 1878 -- 5 August 1958 ) as a Ballad for voice and orchestra Op. 41b ( 1905 ) An adapted version of the poem by Spanish group Radio Futura on their album `` La canción de Juan Perro '', 1987 ( music by Luis Auserón, lyric adapted by Santiago Auserón ). The poem was translated to Hebrew by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and performed by various Israeli artists, among them Yossi Banai, Yoni Bloch and Shlomo Artzi ( who performed the song both in Hebrew and in the original ). The poem was also the base for Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare as the first book in the Dark Artifices series. Each chapter title is taken directly from the poem. The web series `` Kissing in the Rain '' features a shortened version of the poem with Sean Persaud as Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Kate Wiles as Annabel Lee. See also Poems by Edgar Allan Poe References Jump up ^ www.eapoe.org ^ Jump up to : Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe : His Life and Legacy. New York : Cooper Square Press, 1992. p. 243. ISBN 0 - 8154 - 1038 - 7 Jump up ^ Poe, Edgar A. `` The Philosophy of Composition '' ( 1846 ). Jump up ^ Weekes, Karen. `` Poe 's feminine ideal '', collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Kevin J. Hayes. Cambridge University Press, 2002. p. 152. ISBN 0 - 521 - 79727 - 6 Jump up ^ Hoffman, Daniel. Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1972. p. 68. ISBN 0 - 8071 - 2321 - 8 ^ Jump up to : Empric, Julienne H. `` A Note on ' Annabel Lee ' '', collected in Poe Studies. Volume VI, Number 1 ( June 1973 ). p. 26. Jump up ^ Quinn, Arthur Hobson. Edgar Allan Poe : A Critical Biography. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998 : 606. ISBN 0 - 8018 - 5730 - 9 Jump up ^ Kopley, Richard and Kevin J. Hayes. `` Two verse masterworks : ' The Raven ' and ' Ulalume ' '', as collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Kevin J. Hayes. Cambridge University Press, 2002 : 200. ISBN 0 - 521 - 79727 - 6 Jump up ^ `` Annabel Lee '' -- List of texts and variant texts at the Edgar Allan Poe Society online ^ Jump up to : Silverman, Kenneth. Edgar A. Poe : Mournful and Never - ending Remembrance. New York : Harper Perennial, 1991. p. 401. ISBN 0 - 06 - 092331 - 8 Jump up ^ Weekes, Karen. `` Poe 's feminine ideal '', collected in The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Kevin J. Hayes. Cambridge University Press, 2002. p. 149. ISBN 0 - 521 - 79727 - 6 ^ Jump up to : Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe : His Life and Legacy. New York : Cooper Square Press, 1992. p. 244. ISBN 0 - 8154 - 1038 - 7 Jump up ^ Hoffman, Daniel. Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe. Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1972. p. 27. ISBN 0 - 8071 - 2321 - 8 Jump up ^ www.pambytes.com Jump up ^ Silverman, Kenneth. Edgar A. Poe : Mournful and Never - ending Remembrance. New York : Harper Perennial, 1991. p. 426. ISBN 0 - 06 - 092331 - 8 ^ Jump up to : Sova, Dawn B. Edgar Allan Poe : A to Z. Checkmark Books, 2001. p. 12. ISBN 0 - 8160 - 4161 - X Jump up ^ Crawford, Tom. `` The Ghost by the Sea ''. Retrieved May 14, 2008. Jump up ^ Meyers, Jeffrey. Edgar Allan Poe : His Life and Legacy. New York : Cooper Square Press, 1992. p. 302. ISBN 0 - 8154 - 1038 - 7 External links Wikisource has original text related to this article : Annabel Lee Publication history at the Edgar Allan Poe Society Audio -- hear the poem read `` Annabelle Lee '' ( sic ), a 19th - century musical version by Henry Leslie, sung by Derek B. Scott An adaptation of the poem into comics Annabel Lee public domain audiobook at LibriVox Edgar Allan Poe ( works ) Poems `` Tamerlane '' ( 1827 ) `` Al Aaraaf '' ( 1829 ) `` Sonnet to Science '' ( 1829 ) `` To Helen '' ( 1831 ) `` The City in the Sea '' ( 1831 ) `` The Haunted Palace '' ( 1839 ) `` The Conqueror Worm '' ( 1843 ) `` Lenore '' ( 1843 ) `` Eulalie '' ( 1843 ) `` The Raven '' ( 1845 ) `` Ulalume '' ( 1847 ) `` A Dream Within a Dream '' ( 1849 ) `` Eldorado '' ( 1849 ) `` The Bells '' ( 1849 ) `` Annabel Lee '' ( 1849 ) '' Tales `` Metzengerstein '' ( 1832 ) `` Bon - Bon '' ( 1832 ) `` MS. 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Valdemar '' ( 1845 ) `` The Cask of Amontillado '' ( 1846 ) `` Hop - Frog '' ( 1849 ) Essays `` Maelzel 's Chess Player '' ( 1836 ) `` The Philosophy of Furniture '' ( 1840 ) `` Morning on the Wissahiccon '' ( 1844 ) `` The Philosophy of Composition '' ( 1846 ) `` The Poetic Principle '' ( 1846 ) Eureka : A Prose Poem ( 1848 ) Novels The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket ( 1837 ) The Journal of Julius Rodman ( 1840 ) Collections Tamerlane and Other Poems ( 1827 ) Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque ( 1840 ) Play Politian ( 1835 ) Other The Conchologist 's First Book ( 1839 ) The Balloon - Hoax ( 1844 ) The Light - House ( 1849 ) Related Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe ( wife ) Eliza Poe ( mother ) David Poe Jr. ( father ) William Henry Poe ( brother ) Poe Museum Poe Cottage Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum National Historic Site The Penn magazine Death Edgar Award In popular culture film and television music Poe Toaster Tales of Mystery & Imagination Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Annabel_Lee&oldid=812096320 '' Categories : 1849 poems Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe Poems published posthumously Works originally published in American newspapers Poems adapted into films Hidden categories : Articles that link to Wikisource Articles with LibriVox links Talk Contents About Wikipedia Wikisource Български Català Deutsch Español فارسی Français Frysk 한국어 Հայերեն עברית Nederlands 日本 語 ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Polski Português Română Русский Српски / srpski Svenska Türkçe Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 26 November 2017, at 00 : 20. 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