I would just like to ask a few questions about this particular poem. Why are they living in a kingdom by the sea? What is a kingdom by the sea? They sound like mermaids. And Annabel sounds very delicate if the wind killed her. And furthermore, this sounds like Romeo and Juliet with kids thinking they're super deeply in love... until someone dies. Annabel is a little bit dependent. Why is her whole life based on loving and being loved by the narrator? No wonder the first cold breeze killed her. She had no life substance.
Ok, that was mean. Poe is kind of angsty and dramatic when it comes to love though. His rhyme is, once again, fantastic and keeps the poem moving. On a more positive note, I can see this poem being adapted into a Tim Burton movie along the lines of Corpse Bride with Annabel coming out of the sea dressed in seaweed.
Haaahahahaha. I love you so much. I can't help but comment on this, mostly because this is completely and utterly a Nikki rant that sounds suspiciously like what was being yelled in 304 a few weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteYay angsty teenagers and Tim Burton-esque mermaids.
The last two lines of your post made my day! Every time I read Poe I can definitely visualize his characters in movie and Tim Burton is a great example of a creator who could easily visualize what Poe is try to get across.
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