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Comment 11 of 41, added on March 9th, 2005 at 6:27 PM.
When i read this poem I felt exactly what he meant by each word. This is
one of my favorite poems. At one point or another in our lives we all feel
like this. Its an universal emotion.
Jenny Hernandez from United States
Comment 10 of 41, added on February 24th, 2005 at 10:11 AM.
This poem is a shot to my head and defines who i am.
Joe Smackum from United States
Comment 9 of 41, added on February 23rd, 2005 at 10:37 PM.
I love this poem. Very deep and strong. I agree with everyone who has
posted.
kellen anderson from United States
Comment 8 of 41, added on January 30th, 2005 at 5:20 PM.
This poem is so strong, I feel his lonelyness and his I hear his thoughts
it is amazing, I love this poem and shalle ever more take it with me.
Jenna from United States
Comment 7 of 41, added on December 24th, 2004 at 12:13 AM.
this poem is so beautiful in a sad way... it truly hit me and i understood
what it ment. i am only 15 but i love and appricate good poetry and Poe is
one of my favorites...check out Jim Morrison!
casey from United States
Comment 6 of 41, added on December 20th, 2004 at 2:21 PM.
this poem discribes my life
sebastian aulenbach from United States
Comment 5 of 41, added on December 15th, 2004 at 11:49 AM.
This is a very well written poem, because it encapsulates depth and
imagination. Poe is the greatest
Teena from United States
Comment 4 of 41, added on November 30th, 2004 at 1:36 AM.
i really like this poem.E.P really knows how to describe everything he
feels!!!!
scarlet from United States
Comment 3 of 41, added on November 24th, 2004 at 9:44 PM.
I think that this is a great poem, and I really like it. I need to pick a
poem for my English 12, and memorize it, so i decided to pick this one
becasue i really like it. Thanks to Edgar Allan Poe.
Olga from United States
Comment 2 of 41, added on October 22nd, 2004 at 7:51 AM.
Poe is saying 'I am different from other people, I am special, I am
uniquely contrary in my passions. I don't feel sorry about the things other
people feel sorry about. I don't enjoy the things other people enjoy. No
one else loves the things I love.' He says he has been like that from
childhood. I take the title 'Alone' as referring to that self-image of
uniqueness. Certainly the word has overtones of solitude and loneliness,
but the poem isn't about those meanings. There's no hint in the poem that
Poe regrets being different, or is fearful, or wants to avoid the company
of others. After the first eight lines the poem becomes more unclear and
goes off track for a bit. Unlike some poets, Poe sticks to grammar. In the
grammar of this poem, the climactic line is 'The mystery that binds me
still'. The following lines do little to explain what that mystery is. They
provide a list of superficial, poor, visual images of natural phenomena
'from' which the mystery is said to have been 'drawn'. The only helpful
detail in them is the closing mention of seeing a cloud that looked to him
like a demon, even though it was blue sky weather. Being an instance of
seeing something memorably deathlike in a thing ordinarily regarded as
momentary and of no importance, I read that as an attempt to return the
poem to the track on which it started. As a result, what Poe is saying in
his own way is that his distinction of taste, and his fascination for the
dark side of things, is a mystery to him, but is something he has always
lived with and always will. And he is convinced he is the only person who
is like that.
Darlene from United States
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When i read this poem I felt exactly what he meant by each word. This is
one of my favorite poems. At one point or another in our lives we all feel
like this. Its an universal emotion.
Jenny Hernandez from United States