Oscar WildeSo with curious eyes and sick surmise We watched him day by day, And wondered if each one of us Would end the self-same way, For none can tell to what red HellHis sightless soul may stray.
About This Quote
This poem is the work of Edgar Allan Poe. It is called Annabel Lee. This poem is about Annabel Lee, her lover, and her fate. The title, “Annabel Lee,” refers to Annabel Lee who was the subject of the poem.
Edgar Allan Poe created this story in order to express his own feelings of hopelessness. He was to marry his wife when he was only 19 years old, but he lost her to cholera when he was just 24 years old. Although his wife died tragically, she was not the subject of this poem.
This poem is about Annabel Lee’s doomed love for a man named Edward Hyde. He is to become an evil man later in life because he brought her down with him into hellish unhappiness.
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