"So come down with me to the shore, and what's more, I adore you," La Dispute lyrically sings, which seems to mirror some of the major works of Edgar Allen Poe perfectly. A celebrated poet and author, he led quite an interesting life and maintained some of the darker themes of his life in his works, ranging from the popular "The Tell Tale Heart" to lesser-known works such as "Alone". However, the true art found within his poems is how beautifully they are able to show some of his innermost thoughts and turmoil as unfortunate events within his life affected his work. Although the short poem "Alone" is not as popular as most of Poe’s works, it is filled with emotion, and is perhaps significant in reflecting a part of Poe’s childhood.
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He remembers her vividly, and still seems to go along with the notion that she has been taken from him because the angels up above were jealous of them. This point, he is entirely paranoid, and when the raven comes to him, seems to be trying to talk himself out of being afraid, all the while not truly knowing that he should be afraid at all. He is continuously trying to convince himself that what he is afraid of is something simple, "and nothing more", and repeats this ending through almost every stanza throughout the poem. First he is awakened from a nap by a tapping at his door, and when he answers it there is no one there, and be it either from just being awoken, or perhaps wishful thinking he calls out to his lost love, until he hears a tapping at the window. When going to the window and opening it, he meets the raven, which tells Poe that his name is "Nevermore". The raven repeats this for several stanzas, and the narrator slips into what can only be described as madness and dissociation from reality. While it is possible that this was simply for dramatic effect, it is more likely that Poe has cast his madness onto his character. It ends with his soul becoming nothing more than a shadow on the floor guarded by the raven, which symbolizes him becoming an empty shell of a man, without his dearest
He remembers her vividly, and still seems to go along with the notion that she has been taken from him because the angels up above were jealous of them. This point, he is entirely paranoid, and when the raven comes to him, seems to be trying to talk himself out of being afraid, all the while not truly knowing that he should be afraid at all. He is continuously trying to convince himself that what he is afraid of is something simple, "and nothing more", and repeats this ending through almost every stanza throughout the poem. First he is awakened from a nap by a tapping at his door, and when he answers it there is no one there, and be it either from just being awoken, or perhaps wishful thinking he calls out to his lost love, until he hears a tapping at the window. When going to the window and opening it, he meets the raven, which tells Poe that his name is "Nevermore". The raven repeats this for several stanzas, and the narrator slips into what can only be described as madness and dissociation from reality. While it is possible that this was simply for dramatic effect, it is more likely that Poe has cast his madness onto his character. It ends with his soul becoming nothing more than a shadow on the floor guarded by the raven, which symbolizes him becoming an empty shell of a man, without his dearest