Annabel Lee

Annabel Lee

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Read by: Patrick Lawlor

Language: English

Length: 3 minutes

Publisher: Listen & Live Audio, Inc.

Release date: 2009-10-13

"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels are jealous. He retains his love for her even after her death.

There has been debate over who, if anyone, was the inspiration for "Annabel Lee". Though many women have been suggested, Poe's wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe is one of the more credible candidates.