Today I am in a mood for a good poem so I decided to show one that my teacher read to me two years ago or last year. I think it is a very good poem... I wanted to read this poem again to see the author, and guess what? It was Edgar Allen Poe! Wow he must just love writing these kinda things and you'll see what I mean!
Annabel Lee
By Edgar Allen Poe
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 this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
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 of heaven
Coveted her and me.
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 highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying 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.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who 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.
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 the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
I think this poem is kind of weird because no one could love someone else THAT much! Anyway, if you are confused about what this poem means, I'll be glad to explain. So there is this guy who loved Annabel Lee from Childhood. Their bond was so strong that even the angels were jealous, they envied the couple enough to give Annabel Lee a high fever which she died from. The man was so heart broken and depressed that he sits by her grave every night. So, I guess that is pretty much it!
You guys would not believe how hard it was for me to post this! When I posted it the first time, the poem didn't show and the things after that! And when I went to edit it, all my work was erased and I did this process atleast 15 times! But I didn't give up! I think I should post a story of not giving up some time!
ReplyDeleteDear Tas,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you got this poem posted because it is very romantic and sad. The man is sort of crazy to sit by the woman's tomb every night, but I guess if he wants to waste his life that way, it's his business. At least it makes a nice poem!
Love, Piper
Dear Piper,
ReplyDeleteI am glad you're glad that I posted this poem. I think this would be one of my favorite poems, it is more like a story in rhyme. I also think this poem is also very confusing because evil angels would be called devils... But they are in the heavens so... I guess that man and Annabel Lee really love love LOVE each other. But if you took it to reality, no one loves another that much. It's not like you love someone so much that you jump in the hole while they're being buried! I agree it's a waste of life doing nothing. Sitting by Annabel's grave probably made him even MORE sad! Anyway, I think this poem is a good example of thinking about life and death deeper and losing someone too.
Love,
Tas