Edgar Allan Poe is a 40 year old poet who is his year 1809-1849 made many poems such as the raven or alone the poem i chose is Alone because it is the only poem that is not that dark of a story he lived till the age of 40 he is buried in Baltimore,Maryland
alone
"From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen"
- From this he is saying that ever since he was young, he never fit in and his views were completely different from his peers
"As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring."
- From this, he is reiterating a bit, saying again that he was not like those around him, he recognized his uniqueness at a young age. he is also saying that he saw things differently and the same things that made others happy, did not make him happy"
"From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone."
- What I got from this was that he was referring to the death of his parents when he was very young.
"Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn"
-This is where I start having some trouble.... I think he is saying that he had a very hard life starting from childhood.
"From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:"
- I think what he is saying is that from both good and bad, he still was tormented by abandonment and seclusion.
"From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,"
- This connects to the line above it, when he says that in all the good and ill in his life, he still manages to see the darkness.
"From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view. "
- Even though he is surrounded by all these natural occurrences (for lack of a better word) in life, like the torrent, fountain, sun, lightning, he still sees the darkness of life. And the last three lines are the ones that I find the most interesting, and hes saying that when he looks at his life, and even though the rest of everything is blue (representing good), his view is still blocked by the bad.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175776
Chase louis
alone
"From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen"
- From this he is saying that ever since he was young, he never fit in and his views were completely different from his peers
"As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring."
- From this, he is reiterating a bit, saying again that he was not like those around him, he recognized his uniqueness at a young age. he is also saying that he saw things differently and the same things that made others happy, did not make him happy"
"From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone."
- What I got from this was that he was referring to the death of his parents when he was very young.
"Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn"
-This is where I start having some trouble.... I think he is saying that he had a very hard life starting from childhood.
"From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:"
- I think what he is saying is that from both good and bad, he still was tormented by abandonment and seclusion.
"From the torrent, or the fountain,
From the red cliff of the mountain,
From the sun that round me rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,"
- This connects to the line above it, when he says that in all the good and ill in his life, he still manages to see the darkness.
"From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by,
From the thunder and the storm,
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view. "
- Even though he is surrounded by all these natural occurrences (for lack of a better word) in life, like the torrent, fountain, sun, lightning, he still sees the darkness of life. And the last three lines are the ones that I find the most interesting, and hes saying that when he looks at his life, and even though the rest of everything is blue (representing good), his view is still blocked by the bad.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175776
Chase louis