Annabel Lee

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   luannw Teacher
   High School - 11th Grade

   The poem was written in 1849. 

   The poem, "Annabel Lee" does not state directly how Annabel Lee died.  In the 3rd stanza the line, "Chilling my Annabel Lee", and the lines in the 4th stanza, ..... , chilling / And killing my Annabel Lee" might indicate that she died of influenza or pneumonia which would have been common in the 19th century. This is conjecture, of course, since the poem does not represent any one person in particular.  Many have speculated that the inspiration for the poem was Poe's young wife, Virginia Clemm, but she outlived Poe so her death was not an issue with him.

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   Posted by luannw on Monday November 26, 2007 at 10:31 AM
   
   

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   hankinson19 Student
   College - Junior

   Virginia Poe did NOT out live Edgar Allan Poe, she died in 1847. Poe died in 1849 and wrote the poem while Virginia was dying but it was not published until shortly after his death. Virginia died of Tuberculosis so it is probably safe to assume that Annabelle Lee also died of the same ailment, even though it is not said in the poem.

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   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Eliza_Clemm_Poe

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   Posted by hankinson19 on Wednesday November 28, 2007 at 8:56 PM
   
   

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   nel649 Student
   High School - 12th Grade

   Virgina did die before Edgar... Annabel Lee died a chilling death like hypothermia. Virgina died in the Bronx, N.Y because Poe moved her there because down in the south had too much humidity. When people had turberculosis and lived in the humidity was harder to breath.

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   Posted by nel649 on Wednesday October 29, 2008 at 1:18 PM
   
   

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