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Alone is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe that was discovered in a photo album years after he had died. It was not published during his life, nor was it intended to be. This 21 line lyric poem is widely thought to be a reflection on Poe's own difficult childhood and the regrets that he carried into adulthood. Much of the poem appears to be about his descent from innocent child to disturbed adult who struggled with alcoholism and mental illness.