Annabel Lee

Annabel Lee

Title: Annabel Lee
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Release: 2010-05-01
Kind: audiobook
Genre: Fiction
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Annabel Lee Edgar Allan Poe
Annabel Lee is the last complete poem by 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 jealous. 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.

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