Poetry By Edgar Allan Poe - Annabel Lee (1849)

Annabel Lee (1849)

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The last complete poem written by Poe, it was published shortly after his death in 1849. The speaker of the poem talks about a lost love, Annabel Lee, and may have been based on Poe's own relationship with his wife Virginia, though that is disputed.

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