Blog 2: poem

I had no clue where to begin, and as you can see it took a while to finally make up my mind. After staring at a blank paper I tried to remember any literary works I've read in the past that could possibly relate to this topic. Then I decided to analyze a poem from Edgar Allen Poe. I've read some of his works before and all shared dark and gothic like tones. Since I was already acquainted with the poet I decided to read a poem I wasn't familiar with. Typing Edgar Allen Poe poems into google, I stumbled upon http://poestories.com/read/annabellee

Annabel Lee

by Edgar Allan Poe
(published 1849)

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.
She was a child and I 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 by night
Chilling my Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born 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 a cloud, 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 see 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 side of the sea

After having to read the poem a couple of times and researching some terms, this poem made me think about life and how short it can be. Edgar Allen Poe writes about two people that are deeply in love. He describes their relationship was envied by the angels in the heavens (the end of the first stanza). The narrator in the poem blames the angels for the misfortune of his love getting ill and dying. He states further that even though his love has past, the angels and demons couldn't take away the love they had for each other. To end the poem, the narrator shares his grief of his lost and expresses that even with his lost he will never stop loving nor forget about his Annabel Lee.

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