The Poetry Of Edgar Allan Poe

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Many people enjoy the detective and crime shows, but what they may not realize is that Edgar Allan Poe was the one to pioneer this genre. For the short stories, poems, and a few books he wrote, Edgar Allan Poe is a recognized American writer. He lived in the era of westward expansion, slavery laws beginning to become an issue, and most influential to Poe, Tuberculosis(TB) was a major issue. There was not yet a cure for people with TB, in fact, there wouldn’t be a known cure for another 100 years after his life. He lost many people during his life; his father left before Poe was 3 years old, his mother died from TB when Poe was three. He moved into a foster home, but stories tell that his foster father did not like him so he struggled to find the support he needed both as a child and as a broke college student. Although many myths state that Poe was a drunkard and incapable of love, he was married. His outsiderness in his foster home likely influenced his writing, as well as his irregularity and uniqueness, and his horrid memories of how TB had taken some of his closes family. Poe’s unique literary techniques enhance his macabre writing style.

Edgar Allen Poe was one of the most brilliant writers of the nineteenth century. His short stories and poems consist of horror, mortality, romantic struggle, and psychological concept. Poe’s tales labeled him as a master in his study of instability of self-control, the restrain of emotion, and access of feeling. His literary works were based on his personal background; therefore, many have similar characteristics.

Usually, fairy tales are in connection to big and illustrious happy endings. But in Edgar Allan Poe’s case, it is evident that they do not exist, for his stories more often than not bear a grotesque demeanor. His life was surrounded by death. All of the women in his life died young, including his mother, sister, and wife. By the age of three, he had experienced what most would not experience until nearly the middle or end of their lives. Living in such an atmosphere allowed Poe to reach deep into his emotions when writing. Edgar Allan Poe was known for his macabre metaphors. These metaphors challenged the reader to endeavor themselves into his simple words; coming to find the gothic elements portrayed. He most commonly portrayed love and death in his poems. Poe is even credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Edgar Allan Poe utilizes symbolism and portrays an envious love tale, ending in tragedy to expose the speaker’s emotional state in the poem “Annabel Lee.”

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” A famous quote written by Edgar Allan Poe who is and was, a very relative writer. Poe’s work speaks to not only lovers, but horror fans as well. Poe went through terrible times, and had the amazing gift to make that grief flow onto paper relating to hundreds even today. From childhood, to adulthood Poe used his suffering to make art. Poe prevailed from his own trials, influenced hundreds, and showed much more than just an art but emotion through a pen.

Nestor was awakened by a very loud noise. It sounded like some extremely loud footsteps. They were so strong they shook the entire ground. Rocks began to fall from the caves roof. Then all rocks fell to the ground, and made the entire cave collapse. Nestor was buried under a big pile of rocks, and dirt.

In Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe states, “We loved with a love that was more than love.” This saying is used by thousands of people everyday to their soul mate. The American Renaissance, which began in 1828 through 1865. Poe was an Anti-Transcendentalist, he wrote mostly about self-destruction (sin). Edgar Allan Poe enjoyed writing about death, sinful acts, and how others felt towards sin.

Edgar Allan Poe was a prominent writer during the era of Romanticism, but Poe’s poems focused primarily on the Dark Romanticism, developed under Romanticism. The era of Romanticism was commonly described as showing raw emotion, but there was still a conflict in the story. The purpose of Romanticism was for the writer to feel free; there were no rules when it came to this form of writing. Dark Romanticism was looking at the gothic side of stories rather than the heroism stories, which focused more on death, and the flaws of humans. Dark Romanticism also focused on the evil aspect of writings rather than the heroic part to stories. Edgar Allan Poe’s poems are shown more in this type of writing rather than the typical Romantic writings. When looking more into Dark Romanticism readers are able to see how Poe could have connected his personal turmoil to his poems. The University of Delaware’s library says, “Suffering for offenses against God, man and Nature, the hero-villains wander the earth, alone and misunderstood. Their personal torment in a vast universe is emphasized by desolate settings of icebound seas, jagged mountains and bottomless abysses: imagery that would inspire artistic, literary, and musical compositions,” (Dark Romanticism). This quote shows readers that writers during the Dark Romanticism era used their own sufferings in order to make the stories seem more dramatic and almost human. Looking into the poems “Annabel Lee” and “The Raven”, readers are able to see

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, writer, editor, and one of the first literary critics. He is probably best known for his poems and his short stories, especially his stories of horror, mystery, and suspense. He is broadly considered the originator of detective fiction. Poe was the literary critic of his time, born in Boston, Massachusetts he may have been the nation's first published horror, mystery and science fiction writer. Poe wrote eerie, grim and cryptic tales. His work as a poet and a critic had a profound impact on literature everywhere. He is generally considered as the creator of the modern short story. To this day he is one of the most widely read Authors of the 19th-century. He appeals to all kinds of different readers, the

Edgar Allan Poe's style of writing is typical of the styles of writing during the Age of Romanticism. His poems and short stories were heavily influenced by his life experiences from a young boy to a well renowned writer. He lived his life in poverty, moving from one job to the other and from city to city, yet he is still one of the most widely read American authors today.

Edgar Allan Poe was one of America's famous poets, fiction short-story writers, and literary critics. He is known as the first master of short story form especially in tales of horror, and mystery. The work he produced was considered to be some of the most influential literary criticism of his time. His poems made him one of the most famous figures in American literary history. His influence on literature is seen in all literature books in schools everywhere. Some of his famous writings is that of "Annabel Lee"; his detective story, "The Murders in Rue Morgue"; "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" are the best among his horror stories; and The Raven one of his best poems which among all these, made him

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Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best writers of any generation; he has contributed many devices such as “ratiocination” to the literary world (Corneilus 6). Poe had and used his own writing methods and he had many rules and guidelines to follow when writing a short story or even a detective story. He used the tragic events of his childhood, and used that for “fuel” to create the plot lines in his stories. He used the dark and somber events of his childhood and turned it into literary art to be remembered for many years to come. Instead of Poe taking his dark childhood out on other people, he put it into words, stories with so much effort put into it. Poe wanted people to follow certain guidelines when writing a short story; if you did not follow these guidelines he wouldn’t consider it a book of the short/detective story genre. He has written many well-known books such as “The Raven”, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, and many poems such as “The Pit and the Pendulum”. Poe is also considered the acclaimed father of the short story and also the detective story, with his story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”. Edgar Allen Poe has created what was known then and today as the short/detective story; he had his own methods to creating these stories and shared his ideas with the world.

Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809. His mother died when he was two, and his father had abandoned the family by this time. Therefore, Poe was raised as a foster child by Frances and John Allan. From ages six to eleven, he went to a boarding school in London and after his early education, he attended the University of Virginia for a year where he studied Latin and French. Astonishingly, by the time Edgar turned 18, he had published his first compilation of poems.

Everyone suffers one point or another in their life. Some take it as a lesson to achieve greatness and try to avoid from suffering again. Others give up right then and there and accept that life. The life of always suffering and do nothing about it. One man took all his suffering and used it as strength. He took those suffering feelings and wrote it on paper. Since he knows how it feels to truly suffer, those words on paper felt true and real. That man is Edgar Allan Poe. Many people believe Edgar Allan Poe's past helped him develop his technique in writing. His suffering was like and inspiration to his gothic writing. Some say that in his poems it has to do with life events that occurred to him. And death was always near Poe and perhaps that's why he includes death in his works.