Analysis of Edgar Allen Poe's poem "Alone".

"Alone" by Edgar Allan Poe 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 …

…with how he views the rest of the world. The speaker draws a line between himself and others signifying the differences. This emphasizes the speaker's isolation from the rest of the world. Poe also accomplishes dark images to let the readers think about the "mystery" which he presents during the poem. This "mystery" is unknown and may be dark-threatening the speaker to be isolated from the rest of the world, and so he feels "alone".