Annabel Lee Adaptation
I chose this adaptation of Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe because not only is the song very beautiful but so is the video they made to play along with the song. The song is very soft and pretty just like how Poe wrote. He wrote it with the facade of a beautiful love story and the soft melody of this adaptation plays along with this style. The poem and the song were made with the intent to fool you into thinking “what a lovely love song/poem.” But once you listen carefully to the words you understand that maybe the story it portrays isn’t the story you think it is. Also, it leaves the story to the listener’s imagination, just like the poem does. It leaves it to an open interpretation and doesn’t tell you what to think what story is saying. You can decide, as its debatable because each person interprets it differently. It, in my opinion, stays true to the versatility of the poem which, I think, is the most important thing adaptations should follow.