Imagery In Edgar Allan Poe's Annabel Lee

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In “Annabel Lee,” Edgar Allan Poe uses imagery to demonstrate that love is capable of trapping and tormenting a person.
Poe first uses visual imagery when he describes the “kingdom by the sea” and how the “winged seraphs in heaven” envy the speaker and his lover.
The “kingdom by the sea” creates a visually appealing image in the mind, as it appears romantic and idyllic.
The second image of the “seraphs in heaven” is typically associated with all things good; however, the speaker negatively taints their image by believing that they are jealous of the love that he and his beloved share.
Next, Poe uses tactile imagery to describe the sensations of the “wind [that] blew out of a cloud” which “chill[s] and kill[s]” Annabel Lee.
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