Many red devils . . . Stephen Crane
Many red devils ran from my heart
And out upon the page.
They were so tiny
The pen could mash them.
And many struggled in the ink.
It was strange
To write in this red muck
Of things from my heart.
I immediately recognized the Stephen Crane wrote this poem because of his creepy style! He wrote "Untitled," and I interpreted that the poem was about depression. It is interesting, because after reading this poem, my perspective kind of changed about the main point of his other poem.
I think that this poem is autobiographical and it made me realize that Crane must be...a little messed up? I don't know how to explain...but he reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe, because both are interesting, great writers but they have, weird disturbing styles or topics. The poem "Untitled" may not be about depression because Crane is naturally dark, and it wasn't something that he just wrote about once, not I realize all his poems are like that!
Anyway, I think this poem is about Crane getting his angst, anger, depression, and "dark thoughts" out. Instead of normal people going for a jog or venting to their friends, Crane uses poetry as an outlet, and let his "red devils" go.
On a side note, for some reason it suprised me that Stephen Crane's writing is so old!He is from the late 1870's and I totally thought he was a "new age" writer! His style is very modern.
He is reminiscent of Poe. You paraphrase the point of the poem nicely: "I think this poem is about Crane getting his angst, anger, depression, and 'dark thoughts' out. Instead of normal people going for a jog or venting to their friends, Crane uses poetry as an outlet, and let his 'red devils' go."
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