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Essay Instructions: Annabel Lee

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 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 kinsmen 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 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 the sepulcher there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.



Write an essay. Discuss your feelings about the poem, "Annabel Lee." Consider the poem as a response to the death of a loved one, not as a literal account of the poet's actions.

Here is your goal for this assignment:

Interpret and respond to poetry on a personal level.



Within your essay, respond to the following questions: What can you infer from the poem about Poe's attitude toward death? Is it a Christian one? Does he succeed in making you, the reader, feel as he does? Does his meter help him or hinder him in establishing the poem's mood? Why? Your essay should quote lines from the poem as evidence. Remember to document your quotes properly, using MLA format.

Essay Instructions: Using Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee" and Poe's short story "Ligeia" describe what their connection is to one another through thematic content, symbols that appear in both works, the feeling or mood of the pieces and issues of genre. Additionally, discuss any American Gothic and/or Anglo-Irish (British) Gothic characteristics and elements. Discuss if there are things that Poe can do or achieve in the poem that he can't in the short story or vice versa. Use specific examples from both "Annabel Lee" and "Ligeia."

Essay Instructions: THREE poems that have a common theme—a theme which you yourself decide on, describe how each one approaches that theme. for examlple,If your theme is lost love, does one poem seem hopeful while another is resigned? Does one poem seem angry at the lost loved one, while another poem is disappointed? The possibilities are endless. Also, be sure to quote directly from the poems themselves to support your points
THREE POEMS ARE:
William Shakespeare, Sonnet 130

Edgar Allan Poe, “Annabel Lee”


Robert Burns,"A Red ,Red Rose"

you can find these poems in "an introduction to reading and writing by edgar v. roberts/henry e .jacobs"

Essay Instructions: Write a (5) paragraph essay using specific examples from the works to support the question. Each essay should contain a thesis statement at the introduction, this can be brief(2 to 3 sentences)following that should be the topic(body) and focus (at least 6 to 8 sentences long) and then the conclusion (2 to 3 sentences). Devote (1) body paragraph to each work that is being analyzed.

Question:
Analyze the depiction of women in (3) works that we have read. Examine simlilarities and differences among the works of Edgar Allan Poe''s "The Raven", "Annabel Lee" and "The Fall of the House of Usher". What relevance do these depictions have for Americans today?