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ALONE by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I AM ALONE, IN SPITE OF LOVE
Last Line: WHO ARE NOT LONELY, HAVING DIED.
Subject(s): SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;
I am alone, in spite of love,
In spite of all I take and give --
In spite of all your tenderness,
Sometimes I am not glad to live.

I am alone, as though I stood
On the highest peak of the tired gray world,
About me only swirling snow,
Above me endless space unfurled;

With earth hidden and heaven hidden,
And only my own spirit's pride
To keep me from the peace of those
Who are not lonely, having died.



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