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 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 sepulcher/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 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 sepulcher there by the sea/In her tomb by the sounding sea
Repetition: "In this kingdom by the sea" was repeated throughout this poem, at the end of almost every phrase. Also, "wind" was said a few times. I think that that combination repeating these two phrases paints a dreary sad picture for the reader. It makes you visualize being by the sea, and along with the wind, makes you see grey skies and cold weather. It really sets the tone for this poem because its about a guy losing the love of his life.
2 comments:
Did you notice how he associated the night with death? He also made a connection with the deepness of the sea containing demons. He also talked about how the angles were rejoicing once she died since they were jealous of him and Annabel Lee. So maybe this was meant to show that he was trying to show heaven and hell with beauty and darkness. I agree with your statement of the sea setting up the tone of a lose of a great love. The sea is very vast and there are tons of lost things out there.
I believe i found some binary opposition: "And neither the angels in heaven above/Nor the demons down under the sea"
I think that this opposition creates a strong sense of passion about their love. No immortals could take their love away.
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