The poem "Annabel Lee" is a love story, but what makes it sound like a fairytale?

In
"" much of the phrasing and vocabulary is
reminiscent of fairy tales.  For instance,
the poem begins as do many tales
with the idea of "long ago/once upon a
time":

It was many and many a year ago,/In
a...

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