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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The Broken Heart
Sad, mournful, melancholy, grievous, dark...all of these words that might be used to describe the tone found in both "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe. Select one of the poems and briefly pull lines or words from the selection (you have a paper copy of "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven" is in textbook, as well as both works being available online) that illustrate or convey one of these tones. Also, explain how you felt while reading this poem.(The deadline to post a response to this blog is midnight, November 1, 2012)
In "The Raven," Edgar Allan Poe gives the poem a feel of suspicion and anxiousness. One line that caught my attention was, "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming." That part is really dark. The raven has eyes like that of a demons. I would be very scared and anxious at the same time.
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," I had a constant feeling of sadness and grief. The darkest quote to me was "Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning." The thought of a soul burning is bone chilling to me. I would hate to be in Poe's position in any of his writings, especially this one.
The tone of Annabel Lee is very mournful and sad. The lines "Neither the angels in heaven above, not the demons down under the sea, can ever dissever my soul from the sould of the beautiful Annabel Lee" and "For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee" both portray the extreme sadness the speaker feels. He can not let go, because he loves her so much. When I read this, I felt a a kind of sadness that simply does not just go away. He will never ever get over her, and that is super depressing.
In Poe's "The Raven," I could feel the overwhelming dark emotion from the poem radiate with me. The last stanza struck me the most, "And his eyes have all seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted--nevermore!"
"The Raven" has a very melancholy tone. The raven in this piece only says "nevermore", which only makes that word more powerful and saddening. It emphasizes the amount of hopelessness the narrator feels that he will never, ever be reunited with his beloved Lenore; there is absolutely no possibility. The line that really captures how powerful this single worded response is this: "[Spoke only] that one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour". This poem made me feel the sense of hopelessness the narrator feel and made me feel sad.
In Annabel Lee, the tone Poe created is a very doleful tone. He shows and relates to this by the line, "To shut her in the sepulchure In this kingdom by the sea". Poe is talking about how his feelings are burned by the fact that his beautiful and precious wife is taken away from him, and he seems to not be able to let that leave an ounce of his being. This poem made me feel happy and sad at the same time because it did focus mainly on the death and mourn of his wife, but it also had to good feeling of him being able to still have her within himself and having a place for just him and her.
In "Annabel Lee," the tone is peaceful, accepting, hauntingly beautiful, and maybe even hopeful. The lines "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" shows that the speaker knows they have an everlasting love that cannot be interrupted by death, and he can't wait to see Annabel Lee in Heaven.
In "The Raven," Poe conveys a melancholy tone. The poem is filled with sadness and radiates a haunting mood. The part that stood out most to me was "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming." Poe is saying that the raven has eyes like a demon and that would just terrify me.
In "Annabel Lee," the tone was very sad but at the same time peaceful. "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." To me, that whole stanza shows the tone. It shows that he is sad that his wife is gone but is still at peace because she is still with him and he will never forget her. Reading this story made me feel heartbroken; losing someone so close to you is probably the worst feeling in the world.
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In "The Raven," Edgar Allan Poe gives the poem a feel of suspicion and anxiousness. One line that caught my attention was, "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming." That part is really dark. The raven has eyes like that of a demons. I would be very scared and anxious at the same time.
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," I had a constant feeling of sadness and grief. The darkest quote to me was "Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning." The thought of a soul burning is bone chilling to me. I would hate to be in Poe's position in any of his writings, especially this one.
The tone of Annabel Lee is very mournful and sad. The lines "Neither the angels in heaven above, not the demons down under the sea, can ever dissever my soul from the sould of the beautiful Annabel Lee" and "For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee" both portray the extreme sadness the speaker feels. He can not let go, because he loves her so much. When I read this, I felt a a kind of sadness that simply does not just go away. He will never ever get over her, and that is super depressing.
In Poe's "The Raven," I could feel the overwhelming dark emotion from the poem radiate with me. The last stanza struck me the most, "And his eyes have all seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted--nevermore!"
"The Raven" has a very melancholy tone. The raven in this piece only says "nevermore", which only makes that word more powerful and saddening. It emphasizes the amount of hopelessness the narrator feels that he will never, ever be reunited with his beloved Lenore; there is absolutely no possibility. The line that really captures how powerful this single worded response is this: "[Spoke only] that one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour". This poem made me feel the sense of hopelessness the narrator feel and made me feel sad.
In Annabel Lee, the tone Poe created is a very doleful tone. He shows and relates to this by the line, "To shut her in the sepulchure In this kingdom by the sea". Poe is talking about how his feelings are burned by the fact that his beautiful and precious wife is taken away from him, and he seems to not be able to let that leave an ounce of his being. This poem made me feel happy and sad at the same time because it did focus mainly on the death and mourn of his wife, but it also had to good feeling of him being able to still have her within himself and having a place for just him and her.
In "Annabel Lee," the tone is peaceful, accepting, hauntingly beautiful, and maybe even hopeful. The lines "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" shows that the speaker knows they have an everlasting love that cannot be interrupted by death, and he can't wait to see Annabel Lee in Heaven.
In "The Raven," Poe conveys a melancholy tone. The poem is filled with sadness and radiates a haunting mood. The part that stood out most to me was "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming." Poe is saying that the raven has eyes like a demon and that would just terrify me.
In "Annabel Lee," the tone was very sad but at the same time peaceful. "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." To me, that whole stanza shows the tone. It shows that he is sad that his wife is gone but is still at peace because she is still with him and he will never forget her. Reading this story made me feel heartbroken; losing someone so close to you is probably the worst feeling in the world.
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