Friday, October 16, 2015

How can you tell if the poem "Annabel Lee" has Gothic elements?

Although
's memorable poem "" does not
immediately come to mind in a gothic sense, it does
contain virtually all of
the elements expected of that style. In literature, the term
"gothic" usually
includes some specific ingredients: a mansion or castle, a women in
need, a
man with a love interest, a shroud of gloom or mystery, and a barbarous or terrible
act.
It is often related to something very old (since Gothic also refers to
17th century
architecture) and often with supernatural references. "Annabel
Lee" certainly contains
all of these traits.

The age is
evident--"It was many and many a year
ago..." Since Annabel lived in a
"kingdom," a castle is inferred, though never
specifically mentioned. The
love interest between Annabel and the narrator is most obvious, and
Annabel
becomes a woman in need when






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