ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In fact, Poe was 27 when, in May of 1836, he wed Virginia Clemm in a boarding-house parlor. She was not quite 14, an exceptionally young bride even by the standards of their day.

Detailed explanation-2: -Virginia Eliza Poe (née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was the wife of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first cousins and publicly married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27.

Detailed explanation-3: -The narrator of the poem declares that Annabel Lee died because their love was so strong the angels grew jealous and killed her. Poe wrote Annabel Lee two years after his wife died of tuberculosis at age 24. The poem ends with the narrator going to the sea and looking up to the heavens.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although Edgar Allan Poe had no children, numerous people are under the misunderstanding that they are descendants. Many are actually descendants of Poe’s cousins, especially Neilson Poe, but others are no relation at all.