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Alone
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
From every 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 rolled
In its autumn tint of gold,
From the lightning in the sky
As it passed 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.

1.) Who is the speaker or speakers?
2.) Who are the characters in the poem?
3.) What is the subject or situation in the poem?
4.) What are the events in the poem?
5.) When do the events in the poem take place?

2007-10-21 14:09:14 · 2 answers · asked by Chelsey 5 in Arts & Humanities Poetry

6.)Where do the events in the poem take place?
7.)Is there a rhyme scheme? If so, what is it? Does it fit any of the patterns you have been taught?
8.)How is the poem divided? Does it have multiple stanzas or just one?
9.)Are there any unfamiliar words? If so, define them.
10.)What kind of vocabulary does the poet use? Conversational? Informal? Formal?
11.)Are the sentences and lines in normal word order or are they in inverted word order?
12.)Are there repititions or patterns in the poem? Are certain words or phrases repeated? Are all the stanzas divided the same way?
13.) Does the poem ask a question and then provide and answer?
14.) Are there examples of figurative language and imagery? (similes, metaphors, assonance, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia,ect.)
15.) Is there a pattern in the imagery that is used?
16.) What is the central idea the poet is trying to convey?
17.) What is the attitude or tone the poet is trying to convey?

2007-10-21 14:27:22 · update #1

18.) What is the theme of the poem? Is it simple or complex? Is there a universal theme?
19.) What lines contribute to the development of the theme?
20.) How the central idea, tone, or theme apply to your world?
21.) Was the poem successful in establishing a significant theme?
22.) Did the poet use imagery and symbolism effectively?
23.) Does the poem speak to the modern world?
24.) Did the poem speak to you personally?

2007-10-21 14:30:22 · update #2

18.) What is the theme of the poem? Is it simple or complex? Is there a universal theme?
19.) What lines contribute to the development of the theme?
20.) How the central idea, tone, or theme apply to your world?
21.) Was the poem successful in establishing a significant theme?
22.) Did the poet use imagery and symbolism effectively?
23.) Does the poem speak to the modern world?
24.) Did the poem speak to you personally?

2007-10-21 14:30:37 · update #3

2 answers

1. the speaker is a desperate lonely figure
2. the characters: speaker and unnamed others
3. the subject is miraculous awakening
4. The events consist of mostly reflections on past situations eg - "From childhood's hour I have not been/As others were"
and "in my childhood, in the dawn/Of a most stormy life"
5.Mostly in the past when the speaker was a child.

good luck

2007-10-23 01:40:01 · answer #1 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0 0

been and seen do not rhyme...

2007-10-21 14:14:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

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