E.POE Alone
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Thro ughout
all
th e
lin es,
we
ea sily
un ders ta nd
th at
th e
poem
re co lle ct
all
th e
mem orie s
of
th e
ch ild hood
of
th e
sp ea ke r
and
sh ow s
us
how
gro w in g
up
in
a bad
envir o nm ent
co uld
affe ct y o ur lif e a nd y o ur a d apta tio n in th e s o cie ty .
As
we
re ad
th e
po em
we
ca n
se ns
his
to ne
.
In deed ,
th e
to ne
appe ar
re ally
sa d
and
dark .T he
ult im ate
atm osp h ere
se em s
fu ll
of
lo neli n ess
an d
glo o m in ess
lik e
a re a lly
deep
re fle xio n.
The
sp eake r
use s
a lo t
th e
nega tio n.
At
lin e
1,“ i
have
not
“.T he
sp ea ke r
sa ys
to
be
in a d eep “ s o rro w ” ( lin e 6 )
Furth erm ore ,
th e
sp eake r
le t
us
kn ow
a bit
of
his
ch ild ho od
who
app ears
to
be
th e
ca use o f h is to rm ente d s o ul.
lin e s 1 -1 0 “
Fro m c h il d hoo d's h ou r I h ave n o t b e en
As
oth ers
sa w ;
(...)
My
so rro w ;
(...)
And
all
I lo ve d ,
I lo ve d
alo n e.T he n-
in
my
ch il d hoo d,
in
th e
daw n/
Of
a most
sto rm y
lif e
“.
A da w n
ca n
be
in te rp re te d
as
a new
day,
a new
tu rn in g
poin t
of
yo ur
lif e .T hro ugh
th e
meta p hor
of
th e
daw n,
th e
sp eake r
te ll
us
th at
his
ch il d hoo d
was
lik e
th e
begin nin g
of
th e
sto rm
th at
mad e
him
who
he
is
to day,
a hurt
so ul
who
fe els
lo nely .
W e c a n a ls o s a y th at h e c o m pare s h im se lf to th e o th ers a lo t, “ a s o th ers s a w ”
Cle arly
, he
fe lt
re a lly
dif f e re nt
fr o m
th e
oth ers ,
he
did n’t
enjo y
th e
sa m e
th in g
but
th e th in gs th at h e lik e s h e h ad n o o ne to s h are it w it h .
L in es 3 - 4 “ I c o uld n ot b rin g
My p assio ns fr o m a c o m m on s p rin g “ , th is m eta phor r e a lly s h ow s u s th at h is is o la tio n w as
re ally s e ttle d eep d ow n in h im , h e c o uld n ’t s o cia lis e w it h th e o th er, h e fe lt lik e h im a nd th em
did n’t fe ll th e s a m e th in gs a nd t h e y a ls o d on’t s e e th e s a m e th in gs.
In deed , fo r h im t h e y w ere s o d if fe re n t, th at e ve n th ey p erc e ptio n o f th e w orld
was d if fe re nt.
“ F ro m th e th unde r a nd t h e s to rm , A nd th e c lo ud th at to ok th e fo rm
(W hen th e r e st o f H eave n w as b lu e ) O f a d em on in m y v ie w /” In h is e ye s th e s ky in s to rm y
and d ark w it h d em ons a s c lo uds ( m eta p hor) lik e h ell o n E arth b ut fo r th e o th ers it ’s b lu e .
A s
th e r e ader, w e fe el e m pa th y to w ard s th e s p eake r a nd c a n s o m etim es id entif y o urs e lv e s a t
one p oin t o f o ur liv e s w ere w e m ig ht h ave fe lt p ow erle ss a nd r e a lly u nco nfid ent a bout
sta ndin g ta ll in o ur s o cie ty .
B ut a s b eco m in g a n a dult th in g s d id n’t c h anged, h e is s till lo nely .
lin es 1 1 -
12“F ro m e ve ry d epth o f g oo d a nd il l T he m yste ry w hic h b in ds m e s till “ .
E ve n if b ad a nd
so m etim es g ood th in gs h a ppe n to h im , th is m is te ry w on’t le ave h im a lo ne a nd s till h ave a n
im pact o n h im .
th is c o uld b e in te rp re te d a s e ve n if a fte r a ll th is y e ars th is m is te ry is s till h ere
he s ta rts to s e e it s p ow er a nd r e alis e th at h e is th e o nly o ne a ble to w it n ess it .
lin es 1 3 - 1 9
“F ro m th e to rre nt, o r th e fo unta in — F ro m th e r e d c lif f o f th e m ou nta in — F ro m th e s u n th at
’r o und m e r o ll’d In it s a utu m n tin t o f g o ld F ro m th e lig htn in g in th e s ky A s it p ass’d m e fly in g
by— F ro m th e th under, a nd t h e s to rm “ .
H e fin ally s e es th at it s o nly h im a lo ne th at c a n s e e
th ro ugh th is p erc e ptio n lif e ..
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