A Modern Translation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee”
By Theresa Bane

A while back I did a line-by-line transliteration of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” (1845). Taking each line of the poem I explained what the author was saying or what he meant while maintaining the pentameter and rhyme scheme. The finished project was well received and frequently commented upon. So, like all authors I thought I would revisit the idea and try it again but this time with a different one of Poe’s poems, the beautiful “Annabel Lee.”
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