Analysis of Alone

Edgar Allan Poe 1809 (Boston) – 1849 (Baltimore)



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.


Scheme ABCCDDEEFFGGDDHHIIJJKK
Poetic Form
Metre 11101111 11001111 11011111 11010101 101111110 110111010 11111011 01111101 1011001 10110111 110011101 01001111 10101010 10111010 1011111 0110111 1010001 1111101 1010001 0011101 10111011 1010011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 873
Words 149
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 551
Words per stanza (avg) 147
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 04, 2023

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. more…

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