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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe. 1809-1849. Background. Poe was born on January 19 th , 1809 in Boston Massachusetts to traveling actors. His father deserted the family a year later. His mother moved her family to Richmond, Virginia to pursue her acting career, but died when Poe was two years old.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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  1. Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849

  2. Background • Poe was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts to traveling actors. • His father deserted the family a year later. His mother moved her family to Richmond, Virginia to pursue her acting career, but died when Poe was two years old

  3. Background • Poe was taken in by his mother’s friend Frances Allan and her husband in 1811 • He published his first book of poems in 1827

  4. Annabel Lee The following poem, “Annabel Lee” is Poe’s tribute to his young wife Virginia. It is believed that he started composing the poem before she died, as a way of coping with the agony of her five-year illness. The poem was published on the day of Poe’s own death.

  5. Annabel Lee •   It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of ANNABEL LEE;And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be loved by me.She was a child and I 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 heavenCoveted her and me.And this was the reason that, long ago,In this kingdom by the sea,A wind blew out of a cloud by night, chillingMy Annabel Lee;So that her highborn kinsman cameAnd bore her away from me,To shut her up in a sepulcherIn 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,Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.But our love it was stronger by far than the loveOf 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 soulOf the beautiful Annabel Lee.For the moon never beams without bringing me dreamsOf the beautiful Annabel Lee;And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyesOf the beautiful Annabel Lee;And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the sideOf my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,In the sepulcher there by the sea,In her tomb by the sounding sea.

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