Hey everyone!
The rumored Poe discussion is here! To start us out, I thought I'd share one of Edgar Allan Poe's shorter poems for us to read and discuss. I'd love to hear not only what you think of the poem, but how you think he's doing what he's doing with it! Poe is a master of suspense, so let's take a look!
Annabel Lee
BY EDGAR ALLAN 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 wingèd 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 kinsmen 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 her sepulchre there by the sea—
___ In her tomb by the sounding sea.
To pop this discussion off, I'd like to tag a few poetry people and also ask some questions.
@alliyah @LadyBird @niteowl @PrincessInk @Amnesia @Snazzy @AutumnDawn
Questions if you want to take them up:
1) What is this poem about to you?
2) Do you think it's suspenseful? Why or why not?
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