More about-"Alone"by Edgar Allan Poe and the poet himself
Written by Mologadi Maesela
On 18 Aug 2023, fri 18:18
Edgar Allan Poe's life in poetry
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| Poe's colourful picture From Raven |
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer poet,author,editor and literary critic who is best known for his work of art including poetry,short stories particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre .He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism .
He was born in 1809,January 19th at Boston,Massachusetts,UnitedStates.Before getting married ,Poe went to University of Richmond but due to financial crisis/problems he left a year after.He got married to Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe.
Edgar Allan Poe started his writing journey when he was just eighteen (18 years).It was 1827 when he published his first book called Tamerlane.
2)Poe'spublishing career
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After his brother's death,Poe began more earnest attempts to start his career start as a writer,but unfortunately chose a difficult time in America publishing to do so.He was one of the first American to live by writing alone and was hampered by the lack of an international copyright law.American publishers often produced unauthorized copies of British works rather than paying for new work by Americans.The industry was also particularly hurt by the Panic of 1837.
After his early attempts at poetry,Poe had turned his attention to prose,likely based on John Neals critiques in The Philadelphia publication and began work on his only drama Baltimore .
Based on "Alone"-by Edgar Allan Poe
3)Summary
This poem written by Poe,was written to express a feeling of isolation,reflection and the natural world.In this poem,the speaker is reflecting on his childhood and realizing that he was a lot different than his peers. He had different opinions,and liked different things than everyone else.This piece of writing written by Poe was inspired by his own tragic childhood;both of his parents died while he was very young and his foster mother passed away when he was only 20.
4)Theme
The beauty and irony of Alone's major theme that of feeling isolated,different,misunderstood-this kind of theme is one that many people can relate to,the very act of expressing these feelings through poetry connect the writer with others who feel the same.
5)Tone
The tone of "Alone"is somber.You can see this exhibited in words like alone,thunder,or demon.Words with vowels that are lower on the tonal scale such as "a" or "o" are in the category of phonetically darkened tones.
6)What does this poem reflect to?
In "Alone",Poe reflects upon a life experienced as an emotional outsider. The narrator's experience of regarding to life and emotions differently to others in Edgar Allan Poe'e Alone,has led to him feeling isolated and here he is questioning why he sees things so differently.
7)Setting
This poem is all over the place when it comes to settings.Think of all the different places the poem mentions:mountains , fountains,autumn sunlight , torrents ,thunderstorms (complete with lightning ). Clearly we are supposed to think about the natural world when we read this poem,but not just any ,old natural world.Then when it comes to characters,"Alone" is written by Poe,the character is the the speaker,Edgar Allan Poe himself.This poem is a reflection on loneliness of his childhood.
8)Literary devices
The figurative language used in this poem are metaphors and personification,which metaphor is used in line 4,lines 14-17and the last 4 lines,and Personification is used for the last 3 lines.By adding personification and metaphors Poe wants you to understand how other people think and how he viewed the world.
All in all the poem has 22 line.
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