Alone Poem by Sara Teasdale

FOR ALL COMMENTERS: - When we try to pass judgement on a great American classical poet and try to give numerical ratings to a 1918 Pulitzer Prize winner, we only reveal our massive ignorance! -Raj

The last lines convey the unfeeling and unaffected dead, 'having died' and so 'are not lonely' anymore. The contradiction of emotions here means the writer suffers dual personalities -unable to feel happiness when she should, and feeling unhappiness when she should not. Writng them out gives us a picture of ourselves as writers.

I did not realize I was reading a classical poet- with simplicity in language, powerful emotions, and flowing and coherent thoughts. Thanks, Poemhunter, for introducing us to this great poetess, Sara Teasdale.

Can someone plz explain the last 4 lines?

and the difficulty we all face in life and death. Tony Giannotti

Love this poem by Sara. Honest, with true emotions on the Human condition and

Tony Giannotti

The sadness manifest in most of the poems of Sara Teasdale is more pronounced in this poem. Here her poetry finds expression, I believe, to her feelings when she is torn between her love for her husband Ernst Filsinger and her long time lover, poet Vachel Lindsay.

Part 4. The concluding lines convey the ultimate sadness the poet experiences while penning down this poem, indicates that death is her only solace, that could redeem her from her loneliness.