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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Wow, I love this blog, and the work of Edgar Allen Poe.
Beautiful, yet haunting.
I have to do a presentation on this poem tomorrow, I am going to discuss how this represents Edgar Allen Poe himself. ANY IDEAS???? help!
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This poem is amazing. Its nostalgic to some, and horror to someone else.
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He ternud towards me and looked into my eyes with two filmy orbs that distilled the rheum of intoxication.- The Cask of Amontillado
I love reading Poe’s poetry. He portrays life through the darker side while other poets sometimes talk more of love and the beauties of life
This is my first time to encounter a poem by EA Poe. I love his short stories, but this gives me a different shade of him. Thanks for sharing.
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