Stanzas, Edgar Allan Poe: Summary, Analysis & Themes

"Stanzas" is an untitled poem first printed in Poe’s 1827 collection Tamerlane and Other Poems . The title was later assigned. Another poem with the same title appeared in Graham’s Magazine in December 1845, signed "P." and attributed to Poe based on a copy owned by Frances Osgood. The poem reflects on the deep connection between humans and nature, capturing the awe and mystery of the universe. "Stanzas" Poem Text by Edgar Allan Poe How often we forget all time, when lone Admiring Nature’s universal throne; Her woods—her wilds—her mountains—the intense Reply of HERS to OUR intelligence! —BYRON, The Island. I In youth have I known one with whom the Earth In secret communing held—as he with it, In daylight, and in beauty from his birth: Whose fervid, flickering torch of life was lit From the sun and stars, whence he had drawn forth A passionate light—such for his spirit was fit— And yet that spirit knew not, in the hour Of its own fervor what had o’er it power…