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Poet: Louise Bogan
Poem: Man Alone
Comment 1 of 1, added on November 2nd, 2005 at 6:05 PM.
I view this poem in a way in which it could be either Bogan speaking about herself or about another individual, perhaps one of her husbands. She never specifically says who this "man alone" is. The last stanza is particularly inisightful because the rhyme scheme continues, however it is only in the eye rhyme form which coincides with "infatuate eye." However, there is indeed nothing there, just as there are "strangers" in her arms. Bogan is saying that this individual, whether herself or someone else, is alone becasue they do not know who they are and it is impossible to know others if you can not identify oneself first. The last two lines demonstrate this well; "Strangers lie in your arms/ As I lie now."
Tara from United States
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I view this poem in a way in which it could be either Bogan speaking about herself or about another individual, perhaps one of her husbands. She never specifically says who this "man alone" is. The last stanza is particularly inisightful because the rhyme scheme continues, however it is only in the eye rhyme form which coincides with "infatuate eye." However, there is indeed nothing there, just as there are "strangers" in her arms. Bogan is saying that this individual, whether herself or someone else, is alone becasue they do not know who they are and it is impossible to know others if you can not identify oneself first. The last two lines demonstrate this well; "Strangers lie in your arms/ As I lie now."
Tara from United States