The Poem Alone By Edgar Allan Poe
The poem “Alone” written by Poe expresses how he felt as a child. It is a direct view of his life and the hardships he was confronted with from the beginning of his life. His struggles shaped him into the person he was. From the beginning of the poem, “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" (Marshell), Poe expresses that even as a child, he felt different than others and thought in a more negative way in comparison to how someone else would perceive a situation. The darkness from his childhood shaped him. Because he experienced loss and rejection of love, he could never feel as others felt. When he lost all the love he ever had, no feeling of love could come again. Even though there was good and bad
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in his life, everything that had been taken away left him with a demon in his soul. This poem reflects how Poe was shaped as a person from his early life, how he felt about his life experiences, and the lines in this poem reflect his early losses and how they affected the way his feelings guided him.
As “Alone” proved how periods of Poe’s life shaped him to become depressed, “The Raven” focused primarily on the lost love of a young woman that affected Edgar Allan Poe’s life considerably. In “The Raven,” the lonely man was in search of his lost love Lenore. This can echo Poe’s lost love for Virginia. Both the man in “The Raven” and Poe had trouble coping with losing what they loved most. When the lonely man opened his chamber door to only darkness, it could have been interpreted that without Lenore, or in Poe’s case, without Virginia, there was nothing more left to life. There was a raven at the door, and the old man welcomed it inside, but feared it would leave in the morning, just as Poe feared that he could not love because all he ever loved was always taken away from him. Readers can see reflections of Poe’s life through his works. He interpreted times in his life through his writing, which may in his case, caused him to become more depressed. His works are evidence of the weakening condition he suffered from.
Edgar Allan Poe’s worsening of depression caused him to become morbid.
The struggles he faced throughout his life and the trauma from losses he had to endure, shaped the way he behaved and thought. In his publication of “The Premature Burial,” Poe’s morbid thoughts were clearly seen. The title itself explains how Poe’s thoughts were gruesome. The narrator suffered from catalepsy, a condition in which an individual cannot move or think, but is aware of his surroundings. In a way, when Poe wrote this short story, he could have once again been relating to himself. When suffering from depression, a person cannot control their thoughts because their brain function has been disrupted, which causes them to behave and think differently. Surroundings can also affect the way an individual’s life can change when they are depressed. The narrator constantly feared being buried alive, and that fear soon became real. But only did the narrator realize it was not reality when his handicapped mental state returned to normal. In relation to Poe, as he suffered from depression, he too may have felt lost and dead. His dreary thoughts may have come from his confusion of life due to
depression.
Science shows how depression may come about, and periods of Edgar Allan Poe’s life affected the way he was shaped as a person, which coincides with studies that showed how an individual would be affected by certain aspects of life. The parts of the brain that are affected by depression are proven to have been damaged in Edgar Allan Poe based on the way he developed as a person due to traumatic parts of his life. Memories that he recalled as he wrote, worsened his depression, as seen through his writing. He became morbid and at stressful periods of his life, he felt hopeless, and began to have suicidal thoughts and actions. Childhood recollections, loss of love, and feelings of self-doubt developed from rejection of his work, and all of those feelings are seen in his writing. The depression that Edgar Allan Poe suffered from, provided that evidence throughout his life proved his condition, influenced him to behave and think differently, which is seen through his emotions reflected in, “Alone,” “The Raven,” and “The Premature Burial.”
in his life, everything that had been taken away left him with a demon in his soul. This poem reflects how Poe was shaped as a person from his early life, how he felt about his life experiences, and the lines in this poem reflect his early losses and how they affected the way his feelings guided him.
As “Alone” proved how periods of Poe’s life shaped him to become depressed, “The Raven” focused primarily on the lost love of a young woman that affected Edgar Allan Poe’s life considerably. In “The Raven,” the lonely man was in search of his lost love Lenore. This can echo Poe’s lost love for Virginia. Both the man in “The Raven” and Poe had trouble coping with losing what they loved most. When the lonely man opened his chamber door to only darkness, it could have been interpreted that without Lenore, or in Poe’s case, without Virginia, there was nothing more left to life. There was a raven at the door, and the old man welcomed it inside, but feared it would leave in the morning, just as Poe feared that he could not love because all he ever loved was always taken away from him. Readers can see reflections of Poe’s life through his works. He interpreted times in his life through his writing, which may in his case, caused him to become more depressed. His works are evidence of the weakening condition he suffered from.
Edgar Allan Poe’s worsening of depression caused him to become morbid.
The struggles he faced throughout his life and the trauma from losses he had to endure, shaped the way he behaved and thought. In his publication of “The Premature Burial,” Poe’s morbid thoughts were clearly seen. The title itself explains how Poe’s thoughts were gruesome. The narrator suffered from catalepsy, a condition in which an individual cannot move or think, but is aware of his surroundings. In a way, when Poe wrote this short story, he could have once again been relating to himself. When suffering from depression, a person cannot control their thoughts because their brain function has been disrupted, which causes them to behave and think differently. Surroundings can also affect the way an individual’s life can change when they are depressed. The narrator constantly feared being buried alive, and that fear soon became real. But only did the narrator realize it was not reality when his handicapped mental state returned to normal. In relation to Poe, as he suffered from depression, he too may have felt lost and dead. His dreary thoughts may have come from his confusion of life due to
depression.
Science shows how depression may come about, and periods of Edgar Allan Poe’s life affected the way he was shaped as a person, which coincides with studies that showed how an individual would be affected by certain aspects of life. The parts of the brain that are affected by depression are proven to have been damaged in Edgar Allan Poe based on the way he developed as a person due to traumatic parts of his life. Memories that he recalled as he wrote, worsened his depression, as seen through his writing. He became morbid and at stressful periods of his life, he felt hopeless, and began to have suicidal thoughts and actions. Childhood recollections, loss of love, and feelings of self-doubt developed from rejection of his work, and all of those feelings are seen in his writing. The depression that Edgar Allan Poe suffered from, provided that evidence throughout his life proved his condition, influenced him to behave and think differently, which is seen through his emotions reflected in, “Alone,” “The Raven,” and “The Premature Burial.”