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www.shadowfiris.com/EdgarAllanPoe/alone ;article 1;published 2011
www.shadowfiris.com/EdgarAllanPoe/Thehappiestday ;article3 ;published 2011
www.historybehind.com/edgarallenpoeanalysis ;paragraph5-6 published 2005
www.EdgarAllanPoe-writting-bibliography.com ;artical 1; publishe 2008

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"Alone," the simple yet complex poem by Edgar Allan Poe. Even though its beauty is known by the contrasting metaphors and what not, we do have to take notice in why he wrote such a thing.  "Alone" is a direct view of Poe's life and his hardships that came from it. His constant struggles and losses geared him into what he was during his time and in this poem, he expresses that very same thing. He takes notice in the bad and the good of every event. "Alone" is the epitome of Poe's thinking and his view of himself in the eyes of the public.
Poe was within himself  meaning that he didn't seek outside help on his troubles and struggles but sought his own way of dealing with it. With the lines in 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."

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The poem was written in 1827, the same year Poe dropped out of school and had his first poems printed. This poem is about Poe following his passion and realizing that it will not be easy. This poem reflects Poe’s realization that the road he has chosen will not be an easy or comfortable one. The speaker is Edgar himself. The mood is dark as most people initially relate the poem to death. However the poem has a bright undertone, like seeing sunlight shine behind grey clouds.  The poem is six stanzas long and are divided into two sections. In the first set of three, Poe talks about his childhood. In the fourth and fifth stanzas Poe talks about his newfound freedom after dropping out of school to follow his dream. The rhythm in each line changes but they rhyme scheme stays the same. It is a ABAB rhyme scheme which is called a quatrain. When the poem’s mood shifts from depressed to excited, Poe repeats the line “The happiest day, the happiest hour” at the beginning of the two sections.

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1)rhyme-word that sound the same in tone, as this is a poem you would believe it to have a rhythm however t" the happiest day " doesn't have any words that rhyme consecutively.
2)figurative language- speech that is not supposed to be taken literally, Poe uses figurative language a lot. For example, in this poem Poe writes "the venom thou hast poured on me" this is figurative because venom wasn't actually poured on him.
3)mood-the atmosphere in witch the peice gives to the reader,in poetry mood plays a hge role in weather the reader feels sad or happy.however in this poem certain words like "demon" and stormy gives the poem "alone" by Edgar Allan Poe gives the poem an ominous feel.
4)speaker-the narrarator in the story/poem,in the poems case we see this the most in "the happiest days". Poe's use of I and my alows us to see this directly.
5)caesura-a natural pause or break in a sentence, offten to cause drematic affect in poe's poem alone , this is shown in lines 16 and 17 "in its autumn tint of gold,From the lightning in the sky.the puse occures between "gold" and " from"

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Edgar Allan Poe

Alone

        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.
        From the same source I have not taken
        My sorrow; I could not awaken
        My heart to joy at the same tone;
        And all I loved, I loved alone.
        Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
        Of a most stormy life- was drawn
        From every depth of good and ill
        The mystery which binds me still:
        From the torrent, or the fountain,
        From the red cliff of the mountain,
        From the sun that round me rolled
        In its autumn tint of gold,
        From the lightning in the sky
        As it passed me flying by,
        From the thunder and the storm,
        And the cloud that took the form
        (When the rest of Heaven was blue)
        Of a demon in my view

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Edgar Allan Poe

"The Happiest Day"

      The happiest day -- the happiest hour
        My sear'd and blighted heart hath known,
      The highest hope of pride and power,
        I feel hath flown.

      Of power! said I? yes! such I ween;
        But they have vanish'd long, alas!
      The visions of my youth have been-
        But let them pass.

      And, pride, what have I now with thee?
        Another brow may even inherit
      The venom thou hast pour'd on me
        Be still, my spirit!

      The happiest day -- the happiest hour
        Mine eyes shall see -- have ever seen,
      The brightest glance of pride and power,
        I feel- have been:

      But were that hope of pride and power
        Now offer'd with the pain
      Even then I felt -- that brightest hour
        I would not live again:

      For on its wing was dark alloy,
        And, as it flutter'd -- fell
      An essence -- powerful to destroy
        A soul that knew it well.

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Edgar Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. That makes him Capricorn, on the cusp of Aquarius. His parents were David and Elizabeth Poe. David was born in Baltimore on July 18, 1784. Elizabeth Arnold came to the U.S. from England in 1796 and married David Poe after her first husband died in 1805. They had three children, Henry, Edgar, and Rosalie. Elizabeth Poe died in 1811, when Edgar was 2 years old. She had separated from her husband and had taken her three kids with her. Henry went to live with his grandparents while Edgar was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. John Allan and Rosalie was taken in by another family. John Allan was a successful merchant, so Edgar grew up in good surroundings and went to good schools.Poe was 6, he went to school in England for 5 years. He learned Latin and French, as well as math and history. He later returned to school in America and continued his studies. Edgar Allan went to the University of Virginia in 1826. He was 17. Even though John Allan had plenty of money, he only gave Edgar about a third of what he needed. Although Edgar had done well in Latin and French, he started to drink heavily and quickly became in debt. He had to quit school less than a year later.
Poe in the Army

Edgar Allan had no money, no job skills, and had been shunned by John Allan. Edgar went to Boston and joined the U.S. Army in 1827. He was 18. He did reasonably well in the Army and attained the rank of sergeant major. In 1829, Mrs. Allan died and John Allan tried to be friendly towards Edgar and signed Edgar's application to West Point.
Struggles

In 1831, Edgar Allan Poe went to New York City where he had some of his poetry published. He submitted stories to a number of magazines and they were all rejected. Poe had no friends, no job, and was in financial trouble. He sent a letter to John Allan begging for help but none came. John Allan died in 1834 and did not mention Edgar in his will.In 1835, Edgar finally got a job as an editor of a newspaper because of a contest he won with his story, "The Manuscript Found in a Bottle". Edgar missed Mrs. Clemm and Virginia and brought them to Richmond to live with him. In 1836, Edgar married his cousin, Virginia. He was 27 and she was 13. Virginia Clemm was born on August 22, 1822. They were married before her 14th birthday, in May of 1836. Sometime in 1840, Edgar Poe joined George R. Graham as an editor for Graham's Magazine. During the two years that Poe worked for Graham's, he published his first detective story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and challenged readers to send in cryptograms, which he always solved. During the time Poe was editor, the circulation of the magazine rose from 5000 to 35,000 copies. Poe left Graham's in 1842 to start his own magazine. after several more years of no work and little pay, Poe returned to new York to work for broad way journal.
Final Days

In June of 1849, Poe left New York and went to Philadelphia, where he visited his friend John Sartain. Poe left Philadelphia in July and came to Richmond. He stayed at the Swan Tavern Hotel but joined "The Sons of Temperance" in an effort to stop drinking. He renewed a boyhood romance with Sarah Royster Shelton and planned to marry her in October. On September 27, Poe left Richmond for New York. He went to Philadelphia and stayed with a friend named James P. Moss. On October 3, Poe was found at Gunner's Hall, a public house at 44 East Lombard Street, and was taken to the hospital. He lapsed in and out of consciousness but was never able to explain exactly what happened to him. Edgar Allan Poe died in the hospital on Sunday, October 7, 1849.