Could you please tell/explain the theme in "Alone". I understand the poem and everything, but I'm missing a theme. If you could help me, I would greatly appreciate it! PLEASE!

-- Anonymous, February 02, 2004

Answers

My best guess lies in the lines 8,9,and 22. Saying on how he lost his love.

-- Anonymous, February 06, 2004

It is when his best friend died of death-disease, and the black roses!

-- Anonymous, February 24, 2004

OH MY GOSH, I LOVE THAT POEM! IT IS LIKE THE BEST, I DID A PRESENTATION ON IT, I THINK IT'S AFTER HIS WIFE DIED, HE PROBABLY TURNED INTO A LONER OR SOMETHING well newayz, that was a guess bi

-- Anonymous, February 24, 2004

The begining of Alone talks about how his childhood was not the same as everyone elses. The poem, in my estimation, is a work dedicated to the loss of loved ones he often encounters in his life. Remember, both of his parents died when he was young, and, as is stated by others, he lost a friend and a wife just before writing this work. The theme then seems to be that his life seems targeted by God to be cursed with the loss of anyone he gets close to.

-- Anonymous, September 06, 2004

Poe feels alone because his loved one virginia had just died, so the theme i would think of is:death and lost love

-- Anonymous, September 08, 2004