How Does Edgar Allan Poe Use Simile In Annabel Lee
The poem Annabel Lee was written by Edgar Allan Poe in May of 1849, a few short months before his death. Poe had many women that have come and gone in his life. Many of Poe’s poems are about a woman so its perceived that he is talking about his past girlfriends. The poem Annabel Lee was the last completed poem by Poe and It talks about his forever love for her and the death of his beautiful lover.
In the poem ''Annabel Lee'' Edgar Allan Poe uses repetition with Annabel lee's name creating a more peaceful, catchy rhythm. Giving the poem a more song like quality when you read the poem out loud. The first five stanzas mention Annabel Lees name either in the fourth or last line of each stanza except for the last stanza. Where it mentions her name in the first line and the fourth line. He wrote, ''For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams…/ Of the beautiful Annabel Lee…/And the …show more content…
A simile is used as a comparison to compare two things two one another that aren’t normally compared to get a better understanding on what the writer is meaning. In Edgar Allan Poe's poem he uses a simile in line 9. He wrote, ''But we loved with a love that was more than love--''. In this line the simile is used to describe how much the narrator and Anabel Lee were in love. There love was more powerful than any other lovers love.
In conclusion ''Annabel Lee'' by Edgar Allan Poe is pretty much about his love for Annabel Lee. And that narrator thought the seraphs (angels) from heaven became so jealous of there love that the seraphs sent a wind down from heaven, chilling and killing his sweet Annabel Lee so now he visits her by the sea. Edgar Allan Poe was well known for his use of figurative language in his poems and his stories. Still to this day decades from when they were made shock and move most readers. Poe was a bright imaginative thinker and wrote many of his poems about loss or death and they always had an
In the poem ''Annabel Lee'' Edgar Allan Poe uses repetition with Annabel lee's name creating a more peaceful, catchy rhythm. Giving the poem a more song like quality when you read the poem out loud. The first five stanzas mention Annabel Lees name either in the fourth or last line of each stanza except for the last stanza. Where it mentions her name in the first line and the fourth line. He wrote, ''For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams…/ Of the beautiful Annabel Lee…/And the …show more content…
A simile is used as a comparison to compare two things two one another that aren’t normally compared to get a better understanding on what the writer is meaning. In Edgar Allan Poe's poem he uses a simile in line 9. He wrote, ''But we loved with a love that was more than love--''. In this line the simile is used to describe how much the narrator and Anabel Lee were in love. There love was more powerful than any other lovers love.
In conclusion ''Annabel Lee'' by Edgar Allan Poe is pretty much about his love for Annabel Lee. And that narrator thought the seraphs (angels) from heaven became so jealous of there love that the seraphs sent a wind down from heaven, chilling and killing his sweet Annabel Lee so now he visits her by the sea. Edgar Allan Poe was well known for his use of figurative language in his poems and his stories. Still to this day decades from when they were made shock and move most readers. Poe was a bright imaginative thinker and wrote many of his poems about loss or death and they always had an