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by Edgar Allan Poe It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; ( 5 ) And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea; But we loved with a love that was more than love, (10) I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs1 of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, (15) A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre (20) In this kingdom by the sea. The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me, Yes!, that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) (25) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee. But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we, (30) And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams (35) Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, (40) In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea. 1 seraphs: angels 1 Select the correct answer. Which lines from the poem helps develop the theme that the love between the speaker and Annabel Lee transcends death? A. "So that her highborn kinsmen came/ And bore her away from me" (17-18) B. "Can ever dissever my soul from the soul/ Of the beautiful Annabel Lee" (32-33) C. "That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee" (25-26) D. "I was a child and she was a child, In this K

Answer 1

In the poem Annabel Lee, the lines that expand the concept of transcending love are "Can ever dissever my soul from the soul of the beautiful Annabel Lee" (32-33). Option B is the right answer.

The following sentences assist to establish the concept that the speaker's love for Annabel Lee transcends death:

B. "Can ever dissever my soul from the soul/ Of the beautiful Annabel Lee" (32-33)

These lyrics reveal that even after death, the speaker's soul is permanently linked to Annabel Lee's soul, demonstrating that their love is eternal and cannot be parted.