Two references are made to Heaven in the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe. The first comes in the second stanza:
"But we loved with a love that was more than love--
I and my Annabel Lee--
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me." (ll. 9-12)
In this stanza, the narrator tells us that the love between them is so great that even the angels in Heaven are...
Two references are made to Heaven in the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe. The first comes in the second stanza:
"But we loved with a love that was more than love--
I and my Annabel Lee--
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me." (ll. 9-12)
In this stanza, the narrator tells us that the love between them is so great that even the angels in Heaven are jealous of them and of the love they have for one another.
Again, in the fourth stanza, Poe repeats this sentiment, telling us that because of their envy, the angels in Heaven send a "cold wind" to kill Annabel Lee. Even with her death, though, the love between Annabel and the narrator is so great that it does not end. He can still see her "bright eyes," possibly a metaphor for her soul and the hope of another meeting in the afterlife.
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