Alone

Alone by Edgar Allan Poe talks about Poe's tragedies and sorrows. This poem shapes Poe's life because his father abandoned them, his mother died of consumption, and his wife died of tuberculosis. So it's only natural for Poe to write these depressing types of poems. The last few lines of this poem are the lines that stood out the most to me. "From the thunder, and the storm- And the cloud that took form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view-" Here, I thought Poe was saying that everyone else saw angels not demons and their Heaven was good and blue while Poe only saw a demon. In this section from the poem, it was the diction that conveyed the sense of Heaven and Hell to me. The words "thunder" and "storm" give images of darkness and gloom. "And the cloud that took form" this part reminded me of those days where you always feel like you have a "cloud" hanging over your head which is most likely how Poe felt with all that death surrounding him. The next part (When the rest of Heaven was blue) stood out to me because its the only part in parenthesis. This structure makes it seem like Poe's Heaven is different than everyone else. Finally, Poe's use of the word "demon" even further sets apart Poe's idea of Heaven. because it refers to Hell.