Edgar Allan Poe

'Alone'

(1875)

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 lov'd -- I lov'd alone --

Then -- in my childhood -- in the dawn

Of a most stormy life -- was drawn

From ev'ry 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 roll'd

In its autumn tint of gold --

From the lightning in the sky

As it pass'd 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 --

edgar allan poe . (1875 ). Alone by Edgar allan poe . Available: http://poestories.com/read/alone. Last accessed march 2014 .

''Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fictiongenre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.^[1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.''
- Wikipedia . (). Edgar Allan Poe . Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe. Last accessed March 2014 .
This poem i feel relates to Edgar's struggle of being a writer alone but i found the words reminded me instantly of Claudia and her metal state of living by herself the end line 'of a demon in my view' to me would relate to Quentin that fact she is reliant on this imaginary character as her partner is always stuck in her head and will never leave she is always adding to his personality or style.