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Blackout Poem – “Annabel Lee”

The poem “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe, is in the view of a man whose wife died.  The man speaks about how him and his wife, Annabel, had a love stronger than any other.  He says that they loved each other so much that it caused the angels to become jealous of them.  Annabel was killed by a storm one night but her husband believes that it was the angels that sent the storm.  Even though she has died, his love for her never did.  Every night, he lays next to her tomb to show that his love for her is never ending.   A possible thematic statement for this poem is: Love is stronger than death.  This poem is significant because it represents how people feel and it demonstrates how much of an impact love can have on one’s life.  Love is powerful and it can’t be broken by things such as death because once it has been created, it can’t be broken no matter the circumstance.  Once people love someone, they can never un-love them and this poem proves that.  This poem contains many poetic devices such as imagery, apostrophe and assonance.  Imagery can be seen at the beginning of the poem, “a kingdom by the sea” (2).  This is a visual imagery because the line causes the reader to imagine what the kingdom could look like.  An apostrophe is shown when the speaker says, “and neither the angels in Heaven above” (30).  This is an example of an apostrophe because the speaker is addressing the angels in heaven even though they aren’t present.  The last poetic device, assonance, can be seen in line 34 of the poem, “for the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams” (34).  This is an assonance because the “ea” vowel sounds are repeated multiple times in the line.  This poem represents the ideas of love and death and the relationship between them very well.  The poem also as many examples of poetic devices that help to boost the overall mood of the poem.