Why does Edgar Allan Poe use assonance in this poem?
If you want to discuss impact, you can to look at the whole poem – not just a single line. “Annabel Lee” as a whole depicts a man and a woman who are deeply in love, but who had to deal with hardship and struggle in their relationship. Even though the angels were jealous of their love, and the demons tried to tear them apart, and the woman was “chilled” and “killed” one night, the couple’s love would keep them together in spirit. Even though the woman is gone, the man still sees and feels her. In the final stanza, when the the poet writes “And so, all the night tide, I lie down by the side / Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride” he uses the “i” sound to change the tone of the poem. The “i” sound is cheery and hopeful, as though he associates his memory of the woman with happiness, disregarding all the hardships they went through. It seems as though the man is not destroyed by the woman’s death, but rather, he rejoices in the fact that he got to share his life with her for a
