ِAnnabel Lee

[ola4]

for those who love to read poems, today I put to you one of the poems that i liked so much written by Edgar Allen Poe

ANNABEL LEE


by Edgar Allan Poe
(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.


-- THE END --

I hope you like it :smailes107:

[brown_samra]

Thank you very much

I find the poems that Edger writes very complex and deep

[ola4]

thank you brown samra
and you are right about edgar alan poe

he has great poems too :)

[hearty00]

as for me i didn't like it ( no harm for you sister, nor for E , A, poe ) but i just ponderd on the meaning of this poem and feel like ( you can correct me sister of course)
my dislike is for the contents of this poem for it holds some aesthetic philosophy that glory the existence of the individual ( man)over the existense of God

if we look at this verse when the kinsman had wiknabed his lover

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.

the poet interfer in the holiness of the divine and upload this sacry world with such immoral ethics that angles exert such enving and killin

one can only get from the bold that love for such a girl is more precious than obey the destiny which could restrict him from his desires even if the divine confronted his will

and this is the evidence when he revealed in the next verse his capability of defying the power of any supernatural objects even there are the servants of God or the deviles down earth


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:--

E, A poe , is a famous humanitrian figure that see that will of man is measurable than any other unseen believe for that e attackes the doomsdays religions
i guess this a more blasphomy poem that attacks religion rather tan commmorating the memory of blessed darling that is my interuption for this poem i am waitting yours indeed

wasalam

ps , this is just a mere critizise of the poem not for anything else , and waittin either your comments if you see there are other interpretation of the poem than mine , or , i m waitting you bring another poem for teh simple pleasure of critsizing

[ola4]

dear friend
first of all im glad that you made a comment. second, i want you to know that i accept views other than mine. i think that this is fair enough and if i liked something this doesnt mean necessarily that you will like it. anyway, as for your criticism for the poem, i think you made ckear your point and maybe it is true. But as u know very well that literature can be interpreted in different ways depending on how each person takes it

If you want my opinion, i didnt take the poem as a blasphemy i saw it as a poem written by lover grieving on losing his beloved. as for the words he said, these are words that many people say when losing someone very dear to them.

However, this does not mean that i agree with him if what he meant in using them was defying the will of god

This is all that i have to say and thanks again

[NOORG]

thank you
nice poem

[hearty00]

dear friend
first of all im glad that you made a comment. second, i want you to know that i accept views other than mine. i think that this is fair enough and if i liked something this doesnt mean necessarily that you will like it. anyway, as for your criticism for the poem, i think you made ckear your point and maybe it is true. But as u know very well that literature can be interpreted in different ways depending on how each person takes it

If you want my opinion, i didnt take the poem as a blasphemy i saw it as a poem written by lover grieving on losing his beloved. as for the words he said, these are words that many people say when losing someone very dear to them.

However, this does not mean that i agree with him if what he meant in using them was defying the will of god

This is all that i have to say and thanks again

salam alikom

one is facinated how far you are broad-minded :smailes67: , another thing i ought admit i have been purly subjective when i 'd commented on that poem cause a fair critisim must be isolited from any personal views ;but honestly , i 'd been draged by the compliments poured from the members without really appreciated the dangerous ( yet only for me ) it sheds , i might appeard making a immense trouble for nothing , but , i like that whne the issue of love vs distiny is resien .
allow me to clearify my point a bit the issue of love is obviously debated on this poem indeed , no doubt far it is treated is highly degrees of devotion by the lover , up till now everything is permissible and normal until a supposed to be a supernatural being had restricted the process of lovely life of couples ; yet this also quiet normal in the process of lif eone to expect any unsual event to change a honney blessed life into a damn destful one and the contrast . however what makes the diffrence is the way accepted these changes in his own life submissivley to the distiny or trying to defy his fate and emulat the authorities being envolved on ones owndistiny . i guess this a straighforward movites for a crucial choice one ever to encounter in his /her life .
rigthhere i guess the motive of distiny is what drag poe to compile his poem , and also it has been proved this poem 's occasion came from his own misery in life when he had lost his dear wife.
this poem of poe shed a straightforward believe of love as a way he cling on life and reject the submission to the distny as an oblivious opposer against ones will to live and love .
in nutshed i shall for further discussions relate the problematics of this story of love lead by E.A. poe:smailes16:
first of all , if an involunteer restrictions (beyond your will) stand against your will to maitain your keen love for a person , will your stance(opnion) in this position will accepted this super-power which is distiny , submissivly or show defianess whtever what will your feeling torward the will of Allah if a dear suppose a love has been lost .?
to promote this debate a love hear your participations
wasalam hearty00 (remember 00= hearty)

[ola4]

salam alikom
first of all , if an involunteer restrictions (beyond your will) stand against your will to maitain your keen love for a person , will your stance(opnion) in this position will accepted this super-power which is distiny , submissivly or show defianess whtever what will your feeling torward the will of Allah if a dear suppose a love has been lost .?
to promote this debate a love hear your participations
wasalam hearty00 (remember 00= hearty)

thx hearty00 for ur reply

and thx alot for the explanation

as for ur question

sure if im to lose a dear love i will be sad and very sorry and i will grieve upom this loss but at the same time i will accept the will of God because this is what we have to do to accept God's will. But what i want to say is that accepting can't prevent me from grieving and getting sad but this sadness will not lead me to defy the will of God and destiny

But after all my friend, this is me and not Edgar Alan Poe

What do you think? Wouldnt you do the same if were to face such a tragedy

now salam

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[hearty00]

in surat Al’Baqarah, (Verse 165), what can be translate as, "And of mankind are some who take others besides Allah as rivals (to Allah). They love them as they should love Allah. But those who believe love Allah more (than anything else). If only, those who do wrong could see, when they will see the torment, that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is Severe in punishment

in the shed of this ayah the love of a human being to another man should be consontrate to a quiet reasonble emotional degrees should not exceed your devotion for the Almighty be exullted , though its quiet normal in our attitudes to shun or overcome any idea of loss of our dears .
personnaly i experienced the lost of a dear but such flasing if does not strengthn your iman it do quiet the contrary and some one who saddly confronted such happenins in his life will realize the importance of such a choice ( either you submit your destiny or acclaim sth else )
i hope i managed to answer your quest , and at the same time i wonder who deserve one's feeling to grieve about . wasalam