Poe’s poetry always gives the reader an enduring impression, and produces an effect that even the stony people can be moved into tears. The large “subjective universality” (Leitch 510) it achieves is inseparable from one of Poe’s basic poetic principles, namely, “to write a poem simply for the poem’s sake” (Dole 251). Many critics argue that “Poe’s aesthetic theory is perhaps more remarkable for its effect than for its substance; more intriguing by virtue of its repetition than for its content” (Kevin J 44). This thesis will concern the effects of repetition in Annabel Lee. Repetition, as a paramount element in music, contributes a lot to the musicality of this poem, which makes it easy to recite and memorized for a long time. Besides that, repetition has made the effects as follows. Poe’s poetry always gives the reader an enduring impression, and produce an effect that even the stony people can be moved into tears. The large “subjective universality” (Leitch 510) it achieves is inseparable from one of Poe’s basic poetic principles , “to write a poem simply for the poem’s sake” (Dole 251). Many critics argue that “Poe’s aesthetic theory is perhaps more remarkable for its effect than for its substance; more intriguing by virtue of its repetition than for its content ”(Kevin J 44). This thesis concerns the effects of repetition in Annabel Lee. Repetition, as a paramount element in music, contributes a lot to the musicality of this poem, which makes it easy to recite and memorized for a long time. Moreover that, repetition has made the effects as follows.