Depression is a common theme among great men in general, believe it or not. Some historians have even suggested that depression helps great men to “balance their moods of omnipotence”! It brings them back to reality. Among these great men who have suffered from depression are also Goethe, Bismarck, Tolstoy, Robert E. Lee, and scores of authors and poets. Poets seem to be particularly given to depression. Is it emotional pain that makes them great poets, or is it being a poet that exposes you to the