It is a beautiful poem, like all of Poe's poems are beautiful. Poe married his teenage cousin who died of consumption, at an early age. Perhaps she was the inspiration for this poem. The eternal Annabel Lee.
THANK YOU for the rendition and analysis of this enchanting poem .It transports us to the world of the supernatural with its lovely rocking cadence - I think her highborn kinsman is a dead relatuve who is taking her to the land of the dead Perhaps the family vault , My favourite lines : The moon never beams without bringing me dreams . .. the bright eyes . (stars). night - tide .. .my life and my bride. .. the sounding sea ." ♡ ❤♡♡
Oh my God!! Oh my God ! Annabelle Lee is my favorite poem of Poe's ... I pressed directly to cry like always did hearing " Annabelle Lee " .. I sound weird, doesn't I? The sea metaphors are always emotional 😢 😭
Thank you Sir for reciting and elucidating my fav poem by Poe ; am scared of him Sometimes though. 😊 Such a beautiful poem this is - poignant ,intense ,passionate yet dark.Love its musicality too.
"And the stars never rise , but I feel the bright eyes. .In her tomb by the sounding sea."🌊I can imagine him thinking of his love in her cavernous tomb (black despair)? Her last destination (dernière demeure ?) with her eyes (scintillating stars) and illuminating the darkness of the tomb; sparkling scented candles suffusing the darkness with warm light. Perhaps the tomb is no longer cold but cosy with this charming tête-à-tête tryst - the word for sad in French is "triste"; it (almost) rhymes with tryst- triste being long , tryst short....and the lady 's soft limpid starry- night bedroom-tomb eyes!🪻🌌🟦🌙⬛️🌜🟣🟦🔳🟪🌊🔵🔶️🌊🔸️🌕
My independent research indicates that Edgar Allan Poe was not the author of either "Annabel Lee" or "The Raven." He obtained copies of both from Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier, in early 1842. He falsely claimed authorship of "The Raven" when Mathew published it in "American Review" in 1845, but he never published "Annabel Lee" in his lifetime, despite having had a copy of it for so many years.
It is a beautiful poem, like all of Poe's poems are beautiful. Poe married his teenage cousin who died of consumption, at an early age. Perhaps she was the inspiration for this poem. The eternal Annabel Lee.
Beautiful! Thanks so much
THANK YOU for the rendition and analysis of this enchanting poem .It transports us to the world of the supernatural with its lovely rocking cadence - I think her highborn kinsman is a dead relatuve who is taking her to the land of the dead Perhaps the family vault , My favourite lines : The moon never beams without bringing me dreams . .. the bright eyes . (stars). night - tide .. .my life and my bride. .. the sounding sea ." ♡ ❤♡♡
Oh my God!! Oh my God !
Annabelle Lee is my favorite poem of Poe's ...
I pressed directly to cry like always did hearing " Annabelle Lee " ..
I sound weird, doesn't I?
The sea metaphors are always emotional 😢 😭
Beautiful rendition…Thank you!
Many thanks!
I had not read it for a long time, thank you.
Interesting poem indeed. The only word I couldn't quite wrap my mind around was "night-tide".
night tide ----- night time
Thank you Sir for reciting and elucidating my fav poem by Poe ; am scared of him Sometimes though. 😊 Such a beautiful poem this is - poignant ,intense ,passionate yet dark.Love its musicality too.
"And the stars never rise , but I feel the bright eyes. .In her tomb by the sounding sea."🌊I can imagine him thinking of his love in her cavernous tomb (black despair)? Her last destination (dernière demeure ?) with her eyes (scintillating stars) and illuminating the darkness of the tomb; sparkling scented candles suffusing the darkness with warm light. Perhaps the tomb is no longer cold but cosy with this charming tête-à-tête tryst - the word for sad in French is "triste"; it (almost) rhymes with tryst- triste being long , tryst short....and the lady 's soft limpid starry- night bedroom-tomb eyes!🪻🌌🟦🌙⬛️🌜🟣🟦🔳🟪🌊🔵🔶️🌊🔸️🌕
My independent research indicates that Edgar Allan Poe was not the author of either "Annabel Lee" or "The Raven." He obtained copies of both from Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier, in early 1842. He falsely claimed authorship of "The Raven" when Mathew published it in "American Review" in 1845, but he never published "Annabel Lee" in his lifetime, despite having had a copy of it for so many years.