Question

Read the excerpt from "Annabel Lee," by Edgar Allan Poe. But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee— With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven Coveted her and me. How does the excerpt reflect Poe’s ideas in "The Poetic Principle"?

Answer 1

The images of love are the "Rhythmical Creation of Beauty" that Poe outlines

Answer 2

The excerpt reflects Poe's ideas in "The Poetic Principle" through the images of love are the "Rhythmical Creation of Beauty" that Poe outlines.

To add, Annabel Lee, like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman.