AnnabelLee,likemanyotherpoemsofEdgarAllanPoe,describesthethemeofthedeathofabeautifulwomanwhichiscalled“themostpoeticaltopicintheworld”bythepoethimself.Inthepoem,thenarratorandAnnabelLeehadanextremelystrongloveforeachothersincetheywerechildren.Unfortunately,theirloveissostrongthatevenangelsenvythemandAnnabelLeewaskilledbythem.However,thenarratorretainsthedeeploveforherafterherdeath.Justasthelaststanzashowsus,thenarratordreamsaboutAnnabeleverydayandliesbythesideofhertombatnight.Itseemsthattheirloveisbeyondgraveanddeath.TherearemanyspeculationofwhoistheinspirationofAnnabelLee.IwouldliketobelievethatAnnabelLeeisreferringtoPoe’swifeVirginiawhodiedattheageof26.ShewaslovedasachildbyEdgarAllenPoebecauseshewasonly13whenshemarriedthe27-year-oldPoe.Andshewastheonlybrideofhim.

　　Poesetthesceneinakingdombytheseaandusessomeimageslikesepulcherandtomb,whichaddsomeGothictouchtothepoem.Withtherepetitionofsomewordsandphrases,thepoemhasanostalgictoneandgivesusamournfulfeeling.Themysterioustoneofthepoemmakesusfeelthatonlyinmysteriousandancienttimedoessuchkindofloveexist.

　　Besidesthecontent,thepoeticstructureofthispoemisalsowhatIappreciate.Itiscomposedofsixstanzaswithlinesatdifferentlength,whichgivesmeafeelingofthewavesoftheocean.WhenIreadit,therhymeandthedifferentlengthmakesithasamusicaleffectanditisliketellingastorytosomeone.