Poe's writings romance and dark

Most of Edgar Allan Poe's literature is viewed as being dark and twisted in many ways. Some have even said that towards the end of Poe's life they believed he had started to lose his mind. But what many people don’t take into perspective is the fact that some of Poe's literature can be seen as a romance while still being dark and dreary. Poe can be seen as a Romanic but dreary writer. Annabel Lee is a love story fallen short. As Annabel dies the dreariness falls upon the narrator who just lost the only women he had ever loved. This critic agrees with this idea. The source states, “On the surface, Poe’s "Annabel Lee" appears to be a tale of romantic love and deep loss of love to death, coupled with a conquering of death by that same love" This can be seen in lines 30 through 33. "Neither the angels in heaven above,/ Nor the demons down under the sea,/ Can ever dissever my soul from the soul/ Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE"

 

This story is conveyed as a tragic romance. The love of two people was so strong that even death could not separate them. No matter where he went or how he looked around him he seen Annabel Lee. She was the love of his life and without her I personally think he was lost and could only find comfort in seeing her in the stars and in the wind.

Annabel Lee . 2012 . The Spring Snow Web. 5 Dec 2012. <http://myspringsnow.blogspot.com/2012/04/annabel-leeit-was-many-and-many-year.html>.

Macek, J.C. "The Romance off Poe ." Tripod . N.p.. Web. 5 Dec 2012. <http://resurrectionjoe.tripod.com/poe.html>.