2007-03-10 10:17:14 · 15 answers · asked by babyhuggs89 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Raven. Edgar Allen Poe
2007-03-10 10:20:41 · answer #1 · answered by Lance H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I took a course about madness in literature, so I'd say try anything by Sylvia Plath for depressing. I've also studied Emily Dickenson, and many of her poems have darker themes. Here's a link to a list of "dark" poems:
http://www.horrormasters.com/Themes/DarkPoetry.htm
Also try this site for a list of american poems by topic. This link is for the depression section:
http://www.poetryamerica.com/depression-poems.asp
2007-03-10 13:11:46 · answer #2 · answered by Mommy2myangelMark 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dickinson wrote hundreds of short poems. some are slightly precis, yet there are lots that are definitely understood. Shel Silverstein's are somewhat ordinary to appreciate and exciting to study. I consider the above poster, that Eliot is a lot to complicated.
2016-10-18 01:41:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edgar Allen Poe is probably one of the darkest poets. Try the poem "Annabelle Lee."
2007-03-10 11:02:34 · answer #4 · answered by Laura 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out Edgar Alan Poe for a macabre type poem or Emily Dickenson.
2007-03-10 10:27:33 · answer #5 · answered by ny2fl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You Fit Into Me
You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
Margaret Atwood
Short, and dark.
Also check out Sylvia Plath- very depressing
"Daddy" was one of her darker poems
2007-03-10 10:29:46 · answer #6 · answered by Thurston Howell III 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emily Dickinson has a nice mix of poems. Some of hers are definitely on the darker side.
2007-03-10 10:23:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson
WHENEVER Richard Cory went down town
We people on the pavement looked at him
He was a gentleman from sole to crown
Clean favored, and imperially slim
And he was always quietly arrayed
And he was always human when he talked
But still he fluttered pulses when he said
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked
And he was rich—yes, richer than a king
And admirably schooled in every grace
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place
So on we worked, and waited for the light
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night
Went home and put a bullet through his head
2007-03-10 17:25:23 · answer #8 · answered by Jolly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of Edgar Allen Poe's, all of his that I have ever read were dark/depressing. I think "Spirits of the Dead" is one of his shorter ones.
2007-03-10 11:43:39 · answer #9 · answered by Donna J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, try "Telltale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe. It's not depressing, but it is dark.
2007-03-10 10:21:06 · answer #10 · answered by Jack S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋