Annabel Lee- Edgar Allan Poe 1 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, ——
And the maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by

2 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——
I and my Annabel Lee ——
With a love that the winged seraphs in Heaven
Covered her and me

3 And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling my beautiful Annabel Lee,
So that her high-born kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre,
In this kingdom by the sea

4 The angels, not so half happy in Heaven,
Went carrying her and me ——
Yes! —— that was the reason (as all men know, in this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night, chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

5 But our love it was stronger by far than the love of those that were older than we —— Of many far wiser than we ——
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. ——

6 For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams 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 in her sepulchre there by the sea —— In her tomb by the sounding sea

When you “place your bid,” make sure to identify and analyze: 1. Who made the bid- The Speaker? Annabel? Someone/something else? 2. What kind of “connection” the bidder bid for? 3. What the result of the bid was?