Alone, by Edgar Allan Poe, help with analysis

Welcome to A2K, Caitlinm. Here is the poem. Look at it line by line and tell us what each one means to you. Then look at the entire poem and see if you can draw any conclusions from it.

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.
THE END

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"From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen"
- From this he is saying that ever since he was young, he never fit in and his views were completely different from his peers
"As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring."
- From this, he is reiterating a bit, saying again that he was not like those around him, he recognized his uniqueness at a young age. he is also saying that he saw things differently and the same things that made others happy, did not make him happy"
"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."
- What I got from this was that he was refering to the death of his parents when he was very young.
"Then- in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life- was drawn"
-This is where I start having some trouble.... I think he is saying that he had a very hard life starting from childhood.
"From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still:"
- I think what he is saying is that from both good and bad, he still was tormented by abandonment and seclusion.
"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,"
- This connects to the line above it, when he says that in all the good and ill in his life, he still manages to see the darkness.
"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. "
- Even though he is surrounded by all these natural occurances (for lack of a better word) in life, like the torrent, fountain, sun, lightning, he still sees the darkness of life. And the last three lines are the ones that I find the most interesting, and hes saying that when he looks at his life, and even though the rest of everything is blue (representing good), his view is still blocked by the bad.
*I also read in another analysis that the demon could represent his "foster" father.

Excellent. Now all that is left, is for you to write a brief overall view of the poem. Can you identify with it? If so, include that in your explication.

You might want to explain the powerful diction that only Poe possesses, and the result of its affect.

hmm what do you mean by "the powerful diction that only Poe possesses."?

His choice of words. They have always conjured up pictures in my mind. It's called imagery.

"From the lightning in the sky
As it passed me flying by."

I can almost see the tynes
Smell the ozone and the clime.

Thanks!