Published Works

Poems

1. Lenore- 1843

He cannot weep for Lenore who died. He blames everyone for loving her wealth and hating her pride, suggesting that people had wished her ill and had caused her to die. The narrator asks him not to speak in this manner, although Lenore has taken away hope in her death. Guy says that he isn't sad, because her soul has gone to Heaven.

2. Ulalume- 1847

On a lonely, gloomy October night, the narrator wanders through the woods. His heart is full of heat, and restless as the lava which roll down Mount Yaanek. He talks to himself seriously, but he does not pay attention to the date or to the location, although both are very significant to him. As dawn approaches, he thinks about a bright star that supposedly points out a path, but his scared soul warns him not to believe in the path of the star. He ignores his soul and decides to follow the star. His path leads him to a tomb, and his soul tells him that the tomb belongs to his beloved Ulalume. His heart grows "as dry as the season", and realizing that he buried Ulalume in this tomb one year ago, he now knows why he came.

3. Annabel Lee- 1849

Long ago, "in a kingdom by the sea," lived Annabel Lee, who loved the narrator. Both she and the narrator were kids but though that their love was more powerful than the angels, and due to this fact he thinks that they envied him and Annabel. A wind came and killed Annabel, but their love was too strong to be defeated by angels or demons. The narrator is reminded of Annabel by everything. At night, he lies by her tomb by the sea.