Analysis of My Annabel Lee
It was many- not too many years ago
In this life being lived by me
That a maiden I bore whom we adore
By the name of Annabel Lee;
As a baby she lived with no other thought
Than to fuss and occupy me.
She was a child, not quiet or mild,
(As early teething was she!)
But my love for this dove was no simple love
That for my Annabel Lee -
No, consuming love- maternal love-
Had taken over me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this life being lived by me,
A mighty sense of independence
Emerged in my Annabel Lee;
So that her far-flung fancies came
And bore her away from me,
She’s not gone astray; just borne away
From this life being lived by me.
Often contrary, my teen adversary
Forever challenging me
Yes! That is the reason (of course, I know,
In this life being lived by me)
Her own point of view emerged as she grew
Headstrong, before long- my Annabel Lee.
But my love it is stronger by far than the love
Of some who are less sure than me-
Of many less trusting than me-
And neither friends or her highest ambitions
Nor proclivity to remain free
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
For wherever her dreams, carry her and the
schemes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
She’ll be back somewise and I’ll feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And I hope that each year, there’s a social call here
From my darling- my darling- my daughter, my dear,
In her life separated from me-
In her life once nurtured by me.
Scheme | aBxbxb xbcbcb aBxbxbxb bbaBxb cbbxbxB xxBxBxxbb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101110101 01110111 1010111101 1011101 10101111101 1110101 110111011 1101011 11111111101 111101 101010101 110101 0110101101 01110111 01011010 0101101 11011101 0100111 111011101 11110111 1010011100 0101001 1110101111 01110111 0111101111 10111101 111111011101 11111111 11011011 01011010010 101001011 110111101 10100101 10100110000 1 10100101 1111011011 10100101 011111101011 111011011011 00110011 00111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,477 |
Words | 305 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 8, 6, 7, 9 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 189 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
I named my daughter after Poe’s Annabel Lee, so it seemed only fitting that she should have her own version, and one in which she is not deceased!
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