In the third stanza there is a
reference to s high-born kinsmen, which is a reference to her wealth.
In those days, it was not uncommon for even a wealthy person to succumb to illness even
if the person had money. They simply did not have the technology to combat some of these
illnesses, such as the respiratory illness that killed Annabel Lee.
In the
second stanza, we fight out that Annabel Lees family had money.
A wind blew out of a cloud by night
Chilling my Annabel
Lee;So that her high-born kinsmen came
And bore her
away from me€¦
The term high-born kinsmen suggests that
at least Annabels ancestors and relatives had money. It is an interesting choice. Poe uses it
to show that she was special. It is one of the many ways he sets her apart from others in the
poem.
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