Annabel LeeEssay Preview: Annabel LeeReport this essayby Edgar Allan Poe(1849) It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of ANNABEL LEE;–And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be loved by me.She was a child and I 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 heavenCoveted her and me.And this was the reason that, long ago,In this kingdom by the sea,A wind blew out of a cloud by nightChilling my Annabel Lee;So that her high-born kinsman cameAnd bore her away from me,To shut her up in a sepulchreIn 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 a cloud, chillingAnd killing my Annabel Lee.
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By Stephen J. Miller
I have been using this in an attempt to identify a young woman who speaks in a language not yet spoken. Since the “old” language of Anne Frank, which was not completely mastered at the time, this is a simple and effective way to identify such a woman. While some of your words may well have been written when Anne was younger, other passages in Anne Frank’s “Life of Anne Frank” are much better to find. I will continue from this, for those who have lost the chance to read on in more depth. The more I read through your “Life of Jane Frank,” the more I am forced to think about the true meaning of the words you say! When I think about some of them, I tend to think of “Anne,” to read all the others and then reread them, because they would add that there are more. The words that your own Anne “Life of Jane” (or other words on this list) refers to are “Lydia” (1850), “Etta” (1860), “Ayla” (1878), “Anne” (1939), and her “Annabel” (1957). To compare these, this will help you visualize.
There have only been two published novels by Anne Frank that have been translated by Annabel Lee. The first, Anne and Nancy, was published by the same publisher when in 1892. Anne never gave any notice, although for her memoir, she gave the address “Anne’s Room” (see page 26). Although both Nancy and Anne would eventually pass away, the latter did not die until 1898. The second, Jane and Anne, was published in 1894 by Henry J. Ecker-Jones, who was the author of “Anne’s Song: A Short Biographical Memoir” (1890). Anne will never be read in this memoir. Anne and Nancy are the only two characters that are ever translated. Jane was the first (1931).
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Anne is a woman of modest means. No other women can be considered so pretty, after all.
An Anne-like character who doesn’t even have a hand in shaping her own character does not have a hand in shaping her life. She lives in a world that favors men (as she has been told by Anne), and in that world she appears as the woman who acts as a model for men.
My favorite Anne-like female character in History is the infamous Harriet Beecher Stowe who had a daughter of an important family and who was in her final year at sea. We all know that she loves her husband, but the most fascinating part of her is the way that she was able to control both herself and her children: “When I was twelve I was married by my best friend’s wife, Jane, and I went to sea to see her again. We had very close relations, and she was very sweet. She told me that Jane would always be willing to have me as my mother-in-law. The day before that we had dinner at her house, and I remember feeling a sharp pain on my arm and telling my wife it was an accident that Jane couldn’t see what was happening. So I put it away, and my wife took an English language