Poetry · Character

Annabel Lee

A maiden loved so purely that angels grew envious, her memory becomes the tide that binds a grieving speaker to her tomb by the sea.

major

Also known as de Leon

First appearance: Annabel Lee

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Implied beloved who sorrows for the narrator's fate.

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With Narrator (romantic): Annabel Lee is the narrator's deceased childhood love, whose memory is cherished with eternal devotion and grief. With Edgar Allan Poe (romantic): Annabel Lee is directly linked to Poe as a…

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Relationship types

Romantic

Character groups

Poe's Poetic Personae
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Aftermath
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Narrator
romantic · positive
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Edgar Allan Poe
romantic · positive

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To ⸻ “I Heed Not That My Earthly Lot”
Implied beloved who sorrows for the narrator's fate.
To One in Paradise
The lost beloved, taken across the sea to a titled age and crime.
To Zante
Implied as the lost maiden remembered on the island's slopes.
Annabel Lee
The beloved maiden who lived only to love and be loved by the narrator, killed by a chilling wind sent by envious angels.
Endnotes
Referenced as the subject of Poe's poem 'Annabel Lee,' which expresses his undying love for his deceased bride.

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