In Poe’s poem he describes his love for his lost wife, Annabel Lee. He knew the love that they shared was true and everlasting because they loved without restraint. Their love was so true that the seraphs of heaven even envied them. The seraphs’ jealousy caused them to take the life Annabel Lee. Their attempt to extinguish the love between Poe and her only backfired. The seraphs were angry because only the heavenly things …showed first 75 words of 349 total…

…showed last 75 words of 349 total…his life-what kept him alive. I have troubles being completely open with people, which is why I think that this poem affects me so much. I want that kind of openness, that kind of devotion, that kind of true love. But before I can receive that, I must give that away. If you have never loved with the entirety of your heart, mind, body, and soul then you have yet to truly love at all . . .