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A Demon in My View is a novel by British author Ruth Rendell. First published in 1976, it won the CWA Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year, gaining Rendell the first of six Dagger awards she received during her career, more than any other writer.
From the lightning in the sky. As it pass’d me flying by—. From the thunder, and the storm—. And the cloud that took the form. (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view—. Source: American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century (1993) From childhood’s hour I have not been.
Of a demon in my view— “The rest of Heaven” here does not specifically mean Heaven as the sky or the kingdom of the righteous. Here, Poe is comparing himself to the rest of the Universe and the other people he knows to be in it. He is captivated and isolated at once from the sky that is filled with wonderful storms.
Of a demon in my view— When we’re young and struggling to find and establish our place in the world, many of us feel as though we’re simply not like other people. It comes as little surprise that Edgar Allan Poe – if we take this lyric poem as a personal expression of his own feelings – felt like this, too:
Of a demon in my view --NOTES: Poe wrote this poem in the autograph album of Lucy Holmes, later Lucy Holmes Balderston. The poem was never printed during Poe's lifetime. It was first published by E. L. Didier in Scribner's Monthly for September of 1875, in the form of a facsimile.
27 de ene. de 2020 · A demon in my view. by. Rendell, Ruth, 1930-. Publication date. 1977. Publisher. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
In its autumn tint of gold—. From the lightning in the sky. As it pass’d me flying by—. From the thunder, and the storm—. And the cloud that took the form. (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view—. This poem is in the public domain. Alone - From childhood's hour I have not been.
