Edgar Alan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was a great writer who was born in Boston, January 19, 1809. He died on October 7, 1849. He was a writer known for his poems and short stories. He was the son of David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins. Both of Poe's parents were members of the Boston Theatre. His father had served as Deputy Quartermaster General of Baltimore during the Revolution. Edgar Poe's parents separated, and upon the death of his mother Elizabeth in 1811 in Richmond, he was taken in by Mr. John Allan and Mrs. Frances Allan, and was known as Edgar Allan. Edgar Allan Poe studied in England for five years. In 1826 he entered the University of Virginia , but was forced to leave due to debt. He moved to Boston, where he published his first collection of poetry Tamerlane and Other Poems. He then ser
Throughout Edgar's Allan Poe career many things about his life had an influence on his writing. Poe was a person who had many troubling experiences throughout his life. It seemed that all the women he loved ended up dying, and they all died from the same disease: Tuberculosis. To add to his hard luck, he was poor, didn't have a stable job, and was a alcoholic. To escape from his troubled world, Poe drank and wrote short stories or poems with a gloomy attitude. Many people considered him a pessimist or someone who looks at the bad side of things instead of the good side. He brought out his dark side in his work. An example of his lifestyles influencing his work is in the poem Annabel Lee in which was addressed for the loss of his wife Virginia Clemm. ved in the Army through 1827-1829. after that he pu
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