Poe vs. Mellville

A detailed Summary of Poe vs. Mellville

I chose to write about the similarities and differences between Herman Melville and Edgar Allan Poe. Both authors/ poets lived a life you could write a book on. They began with similarities from birth till death. Weird and strange events took place throughout their stay on Earth.

Both authors time of birth was within a decade apart, and both were born on the East Coast, Melville born in Boston and Poe born in New York. They each were born into poverty and had troubles to worry about. Poe's parents died when he was at a young age, and Melville's parents were failures in business, which led to the death of his father at the age when Melville was twelve.

Poes education came from West Point Academy, but not by choice. His foster father paid for Poe to attend,

One word to summarize both authors' careers is DEBT. They did not have enough money to come out with more poems or stories. When they did come out they did not do so well as their previous masterpieces. That's when drinking took over Poes life. It is said that his drinking was exaggerated that he did not drink that much. As well as alcohol there was opium and that was not better for Poe either. Then you have Melville and his troubles. He is quoted saying; " Dollars Damn me". (English book) No money no publications. Melville did however publish a collection of poems when he was older and then retired. Poe died in 1849, and Melville in 1891.

and eventually Poe dropped out. He moved with his Aunt Maria in Baltimore. Melville received his education from school, and sailing the oceans with sailors at a young age. Melville never loo

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Approximate Word count = 561
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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