'for one in paradise' by Edgar Allan Poe is a fourversoPoem divided into sentences of six or seven lines. The First and the Laststanzasthis piece contains six lines, while the two in the middle contain seven. The poem also follows aReimschemathis follows the variable pattern of ababcb dedede fggfgfg hihihi. As long as there is a structurerimascheme, does not remain the same in any of the stanzas. It usually follows each alternate line like a song.Subway, but its observance is not strict. Poe chose to swap lines and rearrange words when necessary.
for one in paradiseEdgar Allan PoeYou were everything to me babywhat my soul longed forA green island in the sea, love,a well and a shrine,All crowned with fairy fruits and flowers,And all the flowers were mine.
Ah, dreams too bright to last!Oh starry hope! that emergedBut be cloudy!A voice from the future cries"An! Go!" - but about the past(Dim Golf!) my floating spirit liesDumb, motionless, horrified!
Because unfortunately! Oh! With meThe light of life is gone!No more - no more - no more -(Such language keeps the solemn seaTo the sands on the shore)Let the tree struck by thunder blossomOr fly the battered eagle!
And all my days are tranceAnd all my night dreamswhere your gray eye looks,And where your step shines -in which ethereal dancesThrough what eternal chains.
Summary
"For One in Paradise"VonEdgar Allan Poedescribes aspokesmanDeep depression and now the grim prospect of losing her dearest friend and lover.
The poem begins with the speaker describing the love he once had for that person. She was everything to him and the only source of light in his life. She offered him sanctuary, a "green island" where he could live in beauty away from the realities of life. As the title suggests, this woman has passed away. She is no longer in his world and now everything is dark, infinite and unchanging.
At first, he sees no reason to go on with his life. Their love was too radiant to last and has now faded. It is compared to a burnt tree or a wounded eagle. For someone like him, there might have been hope in the past, but not now. He will never be happy again, just as the burnt tree will not flourish, nor the eagle will fly.
The poem ends with the speaker declaring that he can find some peace in his dreams. She comes to him while he sleeps and they return to their world of "eternal chains" and "ethereal dances". That's your only reason to keep going.
Analysis offor one in paradise
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You were everything to me baby
what my soul longed for
A green island in the sea, love,
a well and a shrine,
All crowned with fairy fruits and flowers,
And all the flowers were mine.
The poem begins with the speaker directing his words to theHe, and only intended listener, of "for one in paradise'.This person to whom the title refers, the "One" who is "in Paradise". Even before the reader starts the poem, the suggestive character of the title already gives the reader an idea of what it will be about. "Paradise" is a clear reference to Heaven, and the "One" is likely to be a lost loved one. Someone who was close to the speaker and passed away.
In the first line, the speaker begins by addressing his "love" and telling him that she is "everything to him". She was all that mattered to him in the world and the only thing "my soul yearned for". There was nothing else that could overwhelm the speaker like they could, and nothing else could tempt his heart.
The next four lines of this stanza compare the love of the lost "One" to the presence of an island in the sea. The feelings he feels and felt for this woman, and theincarnationof the woman herself, is like "A green island in the sea". It is a refuge between the currents of the sea. It is a place containing "a well and a sanctuary."
Your love has provided you with a place of beauty to rest, covered or "crowned" with magical "fairies" or "fruits and flowers." The island of that love was important to him, not only because he had access to it, but also because it was his. The "flowers were mine".
The speaker was not a spectator of someone else's love or a visitor to the island, he was an integral part of its construction.
verse two
Ah, dreams too bright to last!
Oh starry hope! that emerged
But be cloudy!
A voice from the future cries
"An! Go!" - but about the past
(Dim Golf!) my floating spirit lies
Dumb, motionless, horrified!
The second stanza brings the reader back to the reality of the situation. It is necessary to consider, as the speaker now does, that this dream was lost. The "love" the speaker talks about no longer exists.
He begins the second stanza by stating that the "dream" that was the island was "too bright to last". It burned very brightly and very beautifully and disappeared into the reality of life. He compares the feelings he felt on his island amid his partner's love to a "starry hope" created only to be "cloudy". Of course, this change of circumstances feels quite unfair to the narrator, but also like it's the only fitting ending to the story.
Again, the last four lines of this section add additional detail to the situation andcontextto the emotions of the speaker. he imagines aVoicecoming from "the future", screaming at him to move on with his life and get over the loss. However, this is not easy for him, as the "past" is also present. It is an "abyss" in his mind that he cannot escape and into which he keeps falling. It is where his "ghost" hovers, and while there he is "mute, motionless, and horrified" by the world.
verse three
Because unfortunately! Oh! With me
The light of life is gone!
No more - no more - no more -
(Such language keeps the solemn sea
To the sands on the shore)
Let the tree struck by thunder blossom
Or fly the battered eagle!
The speaker has now moved into a mental space completely consumed by pain. He can't let go of what happened, move on with his life, and seek happiness again. The depth of his despair is revealed at the beginning of the third verse.
He says, "Ouch! Ah!" his life is over. There's nothing left, he thinks, why live. There is no light in her head and thoughts of him wash ashore like depressive waves. the constantRepetitionof "no more - no more - no more" is likened to the tide lapping the sand on a beach. It is infinite and without error. The lines continue beyond the square brackets to describe the fact that the "tree struck by thunder" will never blossom again, or the "sad eagle will fly".
He compares himself to wounded earth elements that once might have had one.Chancerecovery, but do not do more. The burned tree will never grow again, nor the wounded eagle will fly, nor will it ever live to see light or happiness.
verse four
And all my days are trance
And all my night dreams
where your gray eye looks,
And where your step shines -
in which ethereal dances
Through what eternal chains.
In the last stanza, the speaker reaches the end of his mourning lines. He arrives at a conclusion of sorts, but eternally dark and unchanging.
He describes the days of his life as "trances". He moves through them without engaging with the world or really experiencing anything. InContrast, your nights are much more interesting. While you sleep, you may have "night dreams" in which your gray, depressed "eye" stares at you. In this concert hall, listen to the "luminous steps of your love". He is able to see and interact with her in his mind during this time.
His dreams are the only refuge left to the speaker. Here, among the "ethereal dreams" and the "eternal currents", he finds peace.