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Poem · 1849

Annabel Lee

Edgar Allan Poe

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Poem · 1849 · American · Romantic

Annabel Lee

Edgar Allan Poe

A love the angels envied, and a tomb by the sounding sea.

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How to read it

Poe's last completed poem: a lullaby rhythm laid over necrophilic devotion — the sweetness is exactly what makes it disturbing.

Whole-work summary

A love the angels envied, and a tomb by the sounding sea.

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