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Edgar Allan Poe Influence On The Raven

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“Deep into that darkness peering, long, I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” This excerpt from the famous poem “The Raven” shows Edgar Allan Poe’s notoriously dark style that still intrigues people to this day. Poe was born January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up to be a world famous poet. He died October 7, 1849 at the age of 40. Poe’s poetry created an uproar in the world of poets encouraging a darker mind set for both poems and short stories. The dark demeanor comes from a not so happy life. At the age of 3 Poe’s parents died leaving him and his two siblings all alone. He was separated from his siblings when John and Frances Allan decided to foster him. He lived in Richmond, Virginia and went to the best boarding schools and later the University of Virginia. He excelled academically, however after one year of schooling at the University he had to drop out due to financial problems. Poe had built up quite a debt to pay his tuition because John only gave him enough for a third of the expenses. He went home to Richmond, however soon left due to John and his relationship becoming hostile. Amongst all of this Poe had found out his fiancee Elmira Royster was engaged to another man. …show more content…

During his service he released 2 collections of poems, sadly they didn’t get significant critical or public attention. After his service he went to the United States Military Academy, but dropped out because of lack of financial support. He then moved to Baltimore, Maryland and moved in with his aunt Maria Clemm and his cousin Virginia. He started to sell short stories to magazines and in 1835 he moved back to Richmond to become the editor of “Southern Literary Messenger”. He began his fame with his 14 year old cousin Virginia by his side as his

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