He is angry, yet determined, even though Annabel Lee is physically gone, to be with his love, in spirit, forever "And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee". ... The tone is also laced with blame and bitterness, but there is always a sense of love and beauty intertwined. ... The imagery in the poem is beautiful throughout, with the exception of the wind, which "came out of a cloud" and killed her. ... Most of the imagery in the poem is very pleasing to the sight, and coincides with the beauty ...

• Word Count: 665
• Approx Pages: 3

" "The Raven," is a poetic story of a man who is separated from his love by death and he is trying to accept her being gone forever. ... This was the reason (as all men know, in this kingdom by the sea) that the wind came out of a cloud, chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.... Although both these narrating men have much in common such as being a bit obsessed with their dead loves they also have many differences. ... In, "The Raven," you know he loves Lenore because he is still mourning her being gone. ... Both, "The Raven," and, "Annabel Lee," I believe have a lot to do with Poe's a...

• Word Count: 765
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This particular poem starts off with a man looking back on his life as a child, falling in love with the girl of his dreams. ... With out sharing love between the two, neither of them could exist. ... In the fourth stanza, you can see Poe's strong use of imagery as he grants the wind with power through the perception that the wind had the intent to kill Annabel Lee. ... When she died a part of him died with her. ... He is crying out to the world that his one true love is really gone. ...

• Word Count: 688
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The poem begins with what appears to be a couple walking along during a nice summer day, and there they saw the object that was the dead animal that was laying belly up on the side of the road with its legs spread like a prostitute. ... The swarming of the flies produced a sound that resembled running water or the wind. ... Like "A Carrion", a sense of melancholy that is consistent with Romanticism is conveyed in the Ghazals of Ghalib. ... The reader is then asked if they would question the wind's shaping and to watch mildew grow on a mirror in the spring. ... The poem is ended by Keats t...

• Word Count: 1751
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The poet, Poe, is then left with the quest he had yet to make. ... During this trying time, Poe lived with his Aunt, and eventually fell in love with his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm. ... The "chilling wind" which is meant to symbolize her sickness is what takes her for him. ... He almost blames her death directly on the higher powers by claiming that the angels were jealous of the two of them and caused the wind to chill his bride and seize her life. ... He cries out that his one true love is really gone. ...

• Word Count: 2529
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School