"Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe has recently fallen into my list of favorite poems. Poe never seems to upset me in his writing. Maybe it's his crazy mindset that I love... I'm not sure. But he has left with a great, suspicious poem that has seemed to get everyone thinking, "Who is Annabel Lee?"
Not only did his fancy diction intrigue me, but so did his way of calmly conveying the message. I love poems like this. The ones that really get you thinking about symbolism and especially the ones that make you go crazy until you find the meaning. (I'm talking about all the poems Mrs. Gunter picks for us. They all make me go crazy.) In the poem, Poe clearly mentions how deep his love is for this woman who's name is "Annabel Lee" (Didn't see that one coming) and the way he describes it makes me feel even worse about my writing. "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" "But we loved with a love that was more than love- I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me." Poe constantly included how beautiful Annabel is, but he described his love her in different ways each time he did. Both the stanzas above are my favorite ones in which he showed his love towards her. It's great and sweet how he just spills out his feelings about this one person to us, but why does he do it? No one's really sure who this is about, and no one got to ask Poe since this poem was published after his mysterious death in 1849. And I don't want to infer anything on who this poem is written about 1.) because I'm scared they will come to haunt me tonight and 2.) because all I know about Edgar Allan Poe is his awesome literature. I also want to mention my all-time favorite stanza in this poem and that, of course, is the last stanza. "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." In this stanza, I feel that Poe is mourning over Annabel's death and even though he's explaining her to us, I believe he is talking to her. Does that make sense? What I'm trying to say is that this whole poem is Poe's way of communicating to whoever Annabel is. Is that creepy? Yes, I mean it's Edgar Allan Poe. So I'm ending this blog post by saying Edgar Allan Poe is awesome and he is my writing goals. Will Mrs. Gunter ever give us a happy poem? Edgar Allan No. (sorry I had to)
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Izzy
3/20/2015 12:23:51 pm
Edgar Allen though, I really enjoyed reading your post good job! Peace Love Stares
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