How Does Annabel Lee Relate To The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe has written many poems. “Annabel Lee” and “The Raven” are two of his more famous poems. They have many things in common. Poe has experienced many traumatic events in his lifetime. These influenced his writing and themes of these poems.

These poems share a common theme. It is love, loss, and grief. This theme is spread across most of poems that he has wrote. Starting with “Annabel Lee”, he wrote this poem about his wife, Virginia. She in the poem is characterized by Annabel Lee. In the poem the speaker, Annabel Lee’s lover, talks about the death of Annabel Lee and how he is dealing with it. In “The Raven” the speaker meets a raven while being sad because his wife that had recently passed away. The raven is essentially telling him to move on by saying “nevermore”. He communicates the …show more content…
In “Annabel Lee” Poe uses imagery in lines 34-35. It says “For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams/ Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;”. You can imagine the bright moon shining down. In “The Raven” it says “Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door/ Perched, and sat, and nothing more”, you can imagine the raven flying in and perched on the Bust of Pallas. There is also example of figurative language. In “The Raven” there is an allusion to the Bust Of Pallas. It says, “Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door/ Perched, and sat, and nothing more.”. In Annabel Lee figurative language is used in lines 19-20. It says “To shut her up in a sepulchre/ In this kingdom by the sea” it is referring to Annabel Lee’s grave where she …show more content…
The Raven has 18 stanzas, each of which are long. In “Annabel Lee” there is 6 stanzas and they are short and sweet. In “Annabel Lee” the rhyme scheme of lines 1-6 is A, B, A, B, C, B. The rhyme scheme of “The Raven” is A, B, C, B, B,

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