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It was many and many a year ago,
Many years ago, in a kingdom by the sea,
In a kingdom by the sea,
Describing the setting of the narrative,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
Introducing a maiden known as Annabel Lee,
By the name of Annabel Lee,
The specific name of the maiden,
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Annabel Lee lived with the sole focus on loving and being loved by the speaker,
Than to love and be loved by me.
Highlighting the depth of her devotion,
I was a child and she was a child,
The speaker and Annabel Lee were once children,
In this kingdom by the sea,
Reiterating the kingdom by the sea as the setting,
But we loved with a love that was more than love,
Their love surpassed ordinary affection,
I and my Annabel Lee,
The speaker and Annabel Lee shared an extraordinary love,
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Describing the celestial beings' envy of their love,
Coveted her and me.
The angels coveted both the speaker and Annabel Lee,
And this was the reason that,long ago,
Explaining the cause of Annabel Lee's tragic fate,
In this kingdom by the sea,
Reaffirming the kingdom by the sea as the backdrop,
A wind blew out of a cloud,chilling
A chilling wind emerged from a cloud,
My Annabel lee,
The chilling wind affected Annabel Lee,
So that her high,born kinsmen came
Her high-born relatives took her away,
And bore her away from me,
Placing her in a tomb by the sea,
To shut her up in a sepulcher
In this kingdom by the sea.
Describing Annabel Lee's entombment,
And the angels,not half so happy in heaven,
Angels in heaven envied the happiness of the speaker and Annabel Lee,
Went envying her and me,
Highlighting the celestial envy of their love,
Yes!,that was the reason(as all men know,
Confirming the wind as the cause of Annabel Lee's demise,
In this kingdom by the sea)
Reiterating the kingdom by the sea as the location,
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
The wind emerged from a cloud at night,
Chilling my Annabel lee,
Chilling Annabel Lee once again,
That the wind came out of the cloud by night
Repeating the impact of the night wind,
Killing my Annabelle.
Clarifying that the wind killed Annabel Lee,
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Their love surpassed that of older and wiser individuals,
Of those who were older than we,
Emphasizing the strength of their love,
Of many far wiser than we,
No force, heavenly or demonic, can separate their souls,
And neither the angels in heaven above
Neither angels in heaven nor demons under the sea,
Nor the the demons down under the sea,
Underscoring the enduring nature of their connection,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Nothing can sever the speaker's soul from Annabel Lee's,
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee, and the moon never beams,
Referencing the moon and its association with dreams of Annabel Lee,
Without bringing me dreams
Whenever the moon shines, it brings dreams of Annabel Lee,
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee,
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
The stars evoke the bright eyes of Annabel Lee,
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee,
Annabel Lee's presence is felt whenever the stars rise,
And so,all the night, tide, I lie down by the side
Every night, the speaker lies by the side of Annabel Lee's tomb,
Of my darling my life and my bride,
Annabel Lee is described as the speaker's darling, life, and bride,
In the sepulcher there by the sea,
Reiterating the sepulcher by the sea as the location,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Annabel Lee's tomb is situated by the sounding sea.
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