{NPOV} "Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem^[1] composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Written in 1849, it was not published until shortly after Poe's death that same year. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

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Complete text of Annabel Lee

"Annabel Lee" consists of six stanzas, three with six lines, one with seven, and two with eight, with the rhyme pattern differing slightly in each one. Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... In poetry, a stanza is a unit within a larger poem. ... A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar terminal sounds in two or more different words (i. ...

Like another Poe poem, "The Raven", it tells of a man mourning a dead lover. The poem begins as if from a storyteller's point of view, wherein the author begins to explain the couple's love, which originates from their childhood. He believes that his love Annabel Lee dies because "the angels" envied the couple's great love. However, unlike "The Raven," in which the narrator believes he will "nevermore" be reunited with his love, "Annabel Lee" says the two will be together again, as not even demons "can ever dissever" their souls. This article is about the poem by Edgar Allan Poe. ...

There is debate on the last line of the poem. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore, Maryland has identified 11 different versions of the poem that were published between 1849 and 1850.^[2] However, the biggest different version vary in their final line: Nickname: Motto: The Greatest City in America,[4] Get in on it. ...

Original manuscript - In her tomb by the side of the sea

Alternate version - In her tomb by the sounding sea

Inspiration

It is unclear whether the eponymous character Annabel Lee referred to a real person. Frances Sargent Osgood, a poet who exchanged poems with Poe in the Broadway Journal, expressed her belief that "Annabel Lee" was written for Poe's wife Virginia Clemm (who had died two years prior), while other critics, including T.O. Mabbott, believed that it was the product of Poe's gloomy imagination and that Annabel Lee was no real person in particular. A childhood sweetheart of Poe's named Sarah Elmira Royster believed the poem was written with her in mind.^[3] Sarah Helen Whitman and Sarah Anna Lewis also claimed to have inspired the poem.^[4] An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ... Frances Sargent Osgood (nee Locke) (1811 - 1850) was a U.S. poet. ... The Broadway Journal was a New York City-based periodical founded by Charles Frederick Briggs and John Bisco in 1844. ... Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (August 15, 1822 — January 30, 1847), born Virginia Eliza Clemm, was the wife of Edgar Allan Poe. ... Thomas Ollive Mabbott (1898-1968) was born and raised in New York City. ... Sarah Elmira Royster was Edgar Allan Poes early childhood sweethart. ... Sarah Helen Whitman was a poet. ...

Publication history

"Annabel Lee" was first published as part of Poe's obituary in the New York Daily Tribune on October 9, 1849. This version was in the hands of Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Poe's literary executor and personal rival. Poe allegedly sent Griswold the copy (ending with "by the sounding sea") in a letter in June of 1849. The Southern Literary Messenger republished it (with the ending "by the side of the sea") in its November issue that year and, in January 1850, it was run by Sartrain's Magazine. Poes grave as it looks today. ... Rufus Wilmot Griswold (February 15, 1815 - August 12, 1857) was an American anthologist, editor and critic, famous for his enmity with Edgar Allan Poe. ... The Southern Literary Messenger was a periodical published in Richmond, Virginia from 1834 until the end of the Civil War. ...

References in popular culture

Literature

• Nabokov's Lolita features a character named Annabel Leigh, part of whose description is taken verbatim from the poem
• MAD Magazine, known for its parodies of poems, spoofed "Annabel Lee" with "The Ballad of Pamela Lee". It describes Pamela Anderson "by the sea" in her role from Baywatch, but is told from the narrative of a young man who is a true believer that he is meant to be with her. The poem also focused on the known brutalities of her ex-husband Tommy Lee and the on again-off again relationship. In the last verse of the poem, the narrator is arrested for trespassing on her property, and ends the poem by saying he was thrown in "the county jail next to her psychotic ex, Tommy Lee!"

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Film and television

• The film Heights features the poem Annabel Lee in slightly altered form.
• In the children's film Holes, part of the poem is read to a student by Miss Katherine Barlow (the school teacher) and by Sam (who rebuilds the school house).
• The first paragraph of the poem is recited in the 1992 independent vampire film Tale of a Vampire. This indicated that Annabel Lee is the inspiration of the story.

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Music

• Annabel Lee is the name used by an American artist and musician.
• The lyrics of the Joan Baez song Annabel Lee are taken directly from the Edgar Allan Poe poem with little change; the music was composed by Don Dilworth and the song was recorded on the 1967 album Joan (album).
• The Bright Eyes song Jetsabel Removes The Undesirables has references to the poem.
• The musical group The Crüxshadows perform Annabel Lee as spoken word.
• The Incubus single Anna-Molly includes the lyrics "this city by the sea...", suggesting a reference to the poem.
• The Lucyfire song Annabel Lee refers to the poem.
• The MC Lars song Mr. Raven refers to the poem.
• Marissa Nadler has an arrangement of Annabelle Lee in the album Ballads of Living and Dying.
• "Annabel Lee" is also a song by Tiger Army. It appeared on the album Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite.
• "Annabel Lee" is also included as a song in a stage musical about Edgar Allan Poe called "Edgar," with lyrics directly from Poe's poem.
• The Spanish pop-rock band Radio Futura, in their 1987 album "La Canción de Juan Perro", included "Annabel Lee", whose lyrics are a Spanish version of the poem translated by lead singer Santiago Auserón.
• Progressive metal band Dream Theater released a song titled "Anna Lee" on their 1997 album Falling Into Infinity. There is said to be a slight similarity between the poem and song.
• Rade Šerbedžija, Croatian actor and musician, on his 1985. album "Ne daj se Ines", recited Annabel Lee on serb-croation language.
• The Small band Ferris Wheel Fire did a version of the song that can be heard on bonxo.com
• Choral composer Jonathan Adams set "Annabel Lee" for SATB Chorus and piano in 1995.

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Other

• The Dark Eye, a computer game released in 1995, contains a segment in which William S. Burroughs reads "Annabel Lee" accompanied by abstract images.
• "Annabel Lee" is a character in Steven Dietz's play "Still Life with Iris."
• A boxed set of Living Dead Dolls by Mezco Toyz featuring Edgar Allan Poe and Annabel Lee was released in early 2007.

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See also

• Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

This article lists all known poems by American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe, regardless of importance. ...

References

1. ^ www.eapoe.org
2. ^ List of multiple version of Poe's poetry
3. ^ www.pambytes.com
4. ^ Sova, Dawn B. Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z. Checkmark Books, 2001. p. 12

External links

• Audio - hear the poem read