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Topic: The Death of Annabel Lee

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Due to the death of Annabel Lee, is it possible that Edgar Allen Poe's death was a result and attempt from the pain of losing her?

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We'll never know the answer to this question. Annabel Lee was not a real person but was based on Poe's wife, Virginia Clemm. He was deeply in love with her and greatly mourned her death. Historians tell us that Poe died from complications of alcoholism. Perhaps his beloved wife's death caused him to drink so much, so in that sense you could say that her death eventually led to his death. Unless someone finds a lost journal in some dark, dusty attic, all we can do is speculate.

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