爱伦坡

这就是那不幸的根源，很久以前 在这个滨海的国度里， 夜里一阵寒风从白云端吹起，冻僵了 我的安娜贝尔.李；
于是她那些高贵的亲戚来到凡间 把她从我的身边夺去， 将她关进一座坟墓 在这个滨海的国度里。

这些天使们在天上，不及我们一半快活， 于是他们把我和她妒嫉—— 对——就是这个缘故（谁不晓得呢，在这 个滨海的国度里） 云端刮起了寒风， 冻僵并带走了我的安娜贝尔.李。
childhood
Tragic and Unhappy Life
father deserted him at the age of
two, Mother died before he was three adopted by Mr. and Mrs. John Allan constant disagreements with his step-father
In Europe
Bernard Shaw: “the greatest journalistic critic of his time” His poetry is “exquisitely refined”. His tales are “complete works of art”. Baudelaire: “Edgar Poe, who isn’t much in America, must become a great man in France.”
Third Stanza

a cloud: Using these words instead of the sky infuses foreboding and gloom while symbolizing the dark envy of the seraphs.
Fourth stanza
Theme Eternal love. the love remains alive–eternal–because the souls of the lovers remain united. The death of a beautiful woman is a common theme in Poe’s writing.

很久很久以前， 在一个滨海的国度里， 住着一位少女你或许认得， 她的芳名叫安娜贝尔.李；
这少女活着没有别的愿望， 只为和我俩情相许。

那会儿我还是个孩子，她也未脱稚气， 在这个滨海的国度里； 可我们的爱超越一切，无人能及—— 我和我的安娜贝尔.李； 我们爱得那样深，连天上的六翼天使 也把我和她妒嫉。
Poe stresses imagery of light in this stanza, associating moonbeams with dreams about his beloved and the radiance of stars with her eyes.
Devices of sound- the unifying force
Emerson:
Whitman:
admit Poe’s genius, but it was “its narrow range and unhealthy, lurid quality” (terrible) T. S. Eliot: a critic of the first rank, but with “slipshod writing” (careless)
In America
“the jingle man” (noisy) Mark Twain: His prose is unreadable. Henry James: “an enthusiasm for Poe is the mark of a decidedly primitive state of development”
. . .continued
Received an appointment to West
Point, but provoked his own dismissal Caused a final separation between himself and step-father
. . .continued

Sixth Stanza

Assonance: the repetition of vowel “And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride.
Poe’s Artistic theories Poems should be short, concise and readable at one sitting; The aim of poem writing is beauty; the most beautiful thing described by a poem is the death of a beautiful woman; the desirable tone of a poem is melancholy; He opposed didactic poems; He stressed the form of poem, especially
Fifth Stanza
(1) earth, the realm of humans; (2) heaven, the realm of angels; and (3) hell, the realm of demons. The love between him and Annabel is stronger than any other earthly love and can survive the sinister efforts of the angels and the demons to sabotage 蓄意破坏 it. ever, dissever: internal rhyme
“Annabel Lee”
Is
a tragic tale of love and loss. Was published after his death. Was written after the death of Poe’s young wife. It is believed that the poem was written for her.

Poe remained the most controversial and most misunderstood literary figure in the history of American literature.
His Family and Tragic Life
Born in Boston The son of traveling actors Tragic and unhappy
Rhyme,
Rhythm, Repetition: Poe uses three R’s–rhyme, rhythm, and repetition–in ―Annabel Lee‖ to create a harmony of sounds that underscore the exquisite harmony of the narrator’s relationship with his beloved.
Alliteration 头韵 Internal rhyme 中间韵

Assonance半韵 Repetition 重复 Imagery意象

Comments on Poe


Edgar Allan Poe is the most controversial and the most misunderstood literary figure in the history of American literature. “我不在乎我的作品是 现在被人读还是由子孙 后代来读。我可以花一 个世纪来等待读者。”

out of a cloud by night: Use of this phrase emphasizes the dark envy of the angels and their sneaky scheme (which unfolds under the cover of night). chilling and killing: an example of internal rhyme
. . .continued
Studied briefly at the University
of Virginia doing well in his studies, but Drinking and gambling difficulties kept him from continuing at UVA
George
In
1836 married his 13 year old cousin, Virginia Last 12 years of life worked as journalist, editor, and creative writer
. . . continued
Lived
in poverty stricken conditions In 1847 wife died after a long illness
(January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

father of modern short story


father of detective story
father of psychoanalytic criticism
Leabharlann Baidu
可我们的爱情远远地胜利 那些年纪长于我们的人—— 那些智慧胜于我们的人—— 无论是天上的天使， 还是海底的恶魔， 都不能将我们的灵魂分离， 我和我美丽的安娜贝尔.李。

因为月亮的每一丝清辉都勾起我的回忆 梦里那美丽的安娜贝尔.李 群星的每一次升空都令我觉得秋波在闪动 那是我美丽的安娜贝尔.李
就这样，伴着潮水，我整夜躺在她身旁 我亲爱的——我亲爱的——我的生命，我的新娘， 在海边那座坟茔里， 在大海边她的墓穴里。

First Stanza

Notice the recurrence of "m" and "n" sounds (alliteration).
Second Stanza

Seldom did any angels envy anything of the human world. If they did, there must be something spectacular in the object of their admiration.—and that is their love.