Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago,

In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know

By the name of ANNABEL LEE;

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,

In this kingdom by the sea;

But we loved with a love that was more than love-

I and my Annabel Lee;

With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven

Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,

In this kingdom by the sea,

A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling

My beautiful Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsman came

And bore her away from me,

To shut her up in a sepulchre

In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,

Went envying her and me-

Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,

In this kingdom by the sea)

That the wind came out of the cloud by night,

Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

Of those who were older than we-

Of many far wiser than we-

And neither the angels in heaven above,

Nor the demons down under the sea,

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,

In the sepulchre there by the sea,

In her tomb by the sounding sea.

This poem initially interested me because of the rhyming throughout the entire work. I also like how this poem is a love story gone wrong. The diction is strong and makes great imagery. I also thought this poem was interesting because it starts out "It was many and many a year ago" just like a story would.

Literary Devices:

Assonance: The assonance in this poem takes place on line 26 and line 32."Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee" (line 26) "Can ever dissever my soul from the soul" (line 32)
chilling-killing, can ever-dissever
Foreshadowing: The fist two stanzas foreshadow that Annabel Lee will be taken from the narrator in the climax of the poem. 
ex: "And this maiden she lived with no other thought" (line 5) "I was a child and she was a child" (line 7)
Hyperbole: Poe exaggerates the love between the narrator and Annabel Lee. 
"But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me." (lines 9-12)