Annabel Lee – A poem by Edgar Allan Poe. About the poet – Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is credited for invention of genre called detective fiction. For more videos log onto http://www.youtube.com/pearlsofwisdom Also find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pearlsofwisdomchannel