Alone by Edgar Allen Poe 'discuss'

Alone

From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
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.
Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:
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,
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.

Just wondering if anyone has ever seen this poem and really liked it. It's definitely one of my favorites and a source of inspiration.

I think this poems nice

Poe is known for getting away with repititions very well in some of his poems where other poets have tried to do the same and have failed badly.

Unfortunately in this poem he has not carried through his usual flare that one expects and as Sluvious quite rightly pointed out, his repetitions in this write failed.

I would much rather read The Raven.

Just count the I's, from's and My's in this poem, enough to put the reader to sleep.

I love 'ALONE'-I just relate to the whole tragic-romantic-loner-suffering-artist thing, though the poem does seem to end too abruptly,or should have wrapped up sooner-it seems to drift off, like it's incomplete. Steven and Sluvious both have valid points, but I must disagree as a matter of personal opinion/preference. I've noticed many don't particulary care for this piece, but it still seems to have many fans. Of course, I first was exposed to Poe through reading 'The Raven', which is one of his best definitely, many rave about 'Bells', though I don't really care for that one, still it is 'alone' which speaks deepest and truest to me and has become my favorite Poe verse.

Peace, Poetry & Power,

Gary Jurechka

I'm a huge fan of Poe. I am one of those that loved "The Bells", as it is my fave of his.

"Alone" had really good word usage and form, and the message was very sad and heartfelt but like those before me, The repetiveness of some of the words was a bit daunting.

Please check out the following (Works of EA Poe in 5 volumes by Penn State University in PDF format):-

http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/poe/poe1v.pdf

http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/poe/poe2v.pdf

http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/poe/poe3v.pdf

http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/poe/poe4v.pdf

http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/poe/poe5v.pdf

Lol poe is what made me want to strt writing.
yes i have seen that poem but i never really liked it .
lol my fav is the raven.

Its good, not one of my favorites though.