Annabel Lee

About “Annabel Lee”

"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem written by Edgar Allan Poe. The poem tells the story of a narrator who loved Annabel Lee deeply from a young age, so much that even angels were jealous. He continues to love her after her death. There is debate about whether the poem was inspired by a real person, with Poe's wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, being a possible inspiration. The poem was written in 1849 and published shortly after Poe's death that same year.