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It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables.

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” زِدْني بفَرْطِ الحُبّ فيك تَحَيّرا

وارْحَمْ حشىً بلَظَى هواكَ تسعّرا

وإذا سألُتكَ أن أراكَ حقيقةً

فاسمَحْ ولا تجعلْ جوابي لن تَرى

يا قلبُ أنتَ وعدَتني في حُبّهمْ

صَبراً فحاذرْ أن تَضِيقَ وتَضجرا

إنَّ الغرامَ هوَ الحياةُ فمُتْ بِهِ

صَبّاً فحقّك أن تَموتَ وتُعذرا

قُل لِلّذِينَ تقدَّموا قَبلي ومَن

بَعدي ومَن أضحى لأشجاني يَرَى

عني خذوا وبي اقْتدوا وليَ اسمعوا

وتحدّثوا بصَبابتي بَينَ الوَرى

ولقد خَلَوْتُ مع الحَبيب وبَيْنَنَا

سِرٌّ أرَقّ منَ النسيمِ إذا سرى

وأباحَ طَرْفِي نَظْرْةً أمّلْتُها

فَغَدَوْتُ معروفاً وكُنْتُ مُنَكَّرا

فَدُهِشْتُ بينَ جمالِهِ وجَلالِهِ

وغدا لسانُ الحال عنّي مُخْبِرا

فأَدِرْ لِحَاظَكَ في محاسنِ وجْهه

تَلْقَى جميعَ الحُسْنِ فيه مُصَوَّرا

لو أنّ كُلّ الحُسْنِ يكمُلُ صُورةً

ورآهُ كان مُهَلِّلاً ومُكَبِّرا“

-ابن الفارض

#شعر عربي #غزل #قصائد عمودية #بحر الكامل #شعر مصري #العصر الأيوبي

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"وطنٌ طال بؤسه وعذابُه

حين أغفى شيوخُه وشبابُه

مزّقتهُ هوج المطامع وانهال

عليه ظفر الزمان ونابُه

مرتعٌ للغريب رحبٌ خصيبٌ

وبابنائه تضيقُ رحابُه"

-رفعت الصليبي

#شعر أردني #بحر الخفيف #قصائد وطنية

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Annabelle Lee

“It was many and many a year ago,

In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may know

By the name of ANNABEL LEE;–

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than 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 heaven

Coveted 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 night

Chilling my Annabel Lee;

So that her high-born kinsman came

And bore her away from me,

To shut her up in a sepulchre

In 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, chilling

And killing my Annabel Lee.

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:–

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,

In her sepulchre there by the sea–

In her tomb by the side of the sea.”

-Edgar Allan Poe

“Annabel Lee” is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Written in 1849, it was not published until shortly after Poe’s death that same year. Like many of Poe’s poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels are envious. He retains his love for her even after her death. There has been debate over who, if anyone, was the inspiration for “Annabel Lee”. Though many women have been suggested, Poe’s wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe is one of the more credible candidates.

The death of Virginia Elizabeth Clemm Poe, only 24 years of age, by tuberculosis had a substantial effect on Edgar Allan Poe, who became despondent and turned to alcohol to cope. Her struggles with illness and death are believed to have affected his poetry and prose, where dying young women appear as a frequent motif, as in this poem.

The poem’s narrator describes his love for Annabel Lee, which began many years ago in a “kingdom by the sea”. Though they were young, their love for one another burned with such an intensity that angels became envious. It is for that reason that the narrator believes the seraphim caused her death. Even so, their love is strong enough that it extends beyond the grave and the narrator believes their two souls are still entwined. Every night, the narrator dreams of Annabel Lee and sees the brightness of her eyes in the stars. Every night the narrator lies down by her side in her tomb by the sea.

Like many other Poe poems including “The Raven”, “Ulalume”, and “To One in Paradise”, “Annabel Lee” follows Poe’s favorite theme: the death of a beautiful woman, which Poe called “the most poetical topic in the world”. Like women in many other works by Poe, she is struck with illness and marries young. The poem focuses on an ideal love which is unusually strong. In fact, the narrator’s actions show that he not only loves Annabel Lee, but he worships her, something he can only do after her death. The narrator admits that he and Annabel Lee were children when they fell in love, but his explanation that angels murdered her is in itself childish, suggesting he has failed to mature since then. His repetition of this assertion suggests he is trying to rationalize his own excessive feelings of loss.

Unlike “The Raven”, in which the narrator believes he will “nevermore” be reunited with his love, “Annabel Lee” says the two will be together again, as not even demons “can ever dissever” their souls.

“Annabel Lee” consists of six stanzas, three with six lines, one with seven, and two with eight, with the rhyme pattern differing slightly in each one. Though it is not technically a ballad, Poe referred to it as one. Like a ballad, the poem uses repetition of words and phrases purposely to create its mournful effect. The name Annabel Lee emphasizes the letter “L”, a frequent device in Poe’s female characters such as “Eulalie”, “Lenore”, and “Ulalume”.

Local legend in Charleston, South Carolina tells the story of a sailor who met a woman named Annabel Lee. Her father disapproved of the pairing and the two met privately in a graveyard before the sailor’s time stationed in Charleston was up. While away, he heard of Annabel’s death from yellow fever, but her father would not allow him at the funeral. Because he did not know her exact burial location, he instead kept vigil in the cemetery where they had often secretly met. There is no evidence that Edgar Allan Poe had heard of this legend, but locals insist it was his inspiration, especially considering Poe was briefly stationed in Charleston while in the army in 1827.

[Pictures below are of Edgar Allan Poe and Virginia Elizabeth Clemm Poe]

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