How does "Annabel Lee" address the topic of love?

As is true
of many of Poe's poems, "" concerns the theme of lost love. In other words, love in
Poe's poetry does not have a happy ending culminating in marriageinstead, it culminates in the
loss or death of the beloved.

The narrator of "Annabel Lee" loves a
young woman. In his mind, the love is requited, and the two were happily in love. One should
note that this is the viewpoint of the narrator. Some readers might find that the phrase "I
was a child and she was a child" has disturbing implications of pedophilia and the
hyperbolic treatment of having no other thoughts than such love seems to border on a rather
unhealthy obsession.

In the poem, the love of the narrator and Annabel Lee is
so perfect that even angels were jealous. Due to this, two things happened: Annabel's kinsmen
separated the two lovers and Annabel died of a chill.