Edagar Allan Poe
The very distiguished poet Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19,
1809.Poe was born into poverty in Boston,Massechesetts.Years later both of
Poe's parents died when he was three years old .After this came to pass Poe
was taken into the home of John Allan in Richmond,Virginia.Edgar Allan Poe's
childhood was very uneventful, because of thi most critics cosider his work to
focus on death.Poe's stormy personal life and his haunting poems and stories
combined to make him one of the most famous figures in American literary
history.
One story of his that seems to depict death and tragedy "The Fall of
the House Of Usher".The story is about a brother and sister who are the last
of the Ushers.This story talks about the brother Rodrick suffering from his
acuteness of the senses, and his sister suffering from depression and costant
thoughts of suicide.
Every detail of this story, from the opening description of
the dank tarn and the dark rooms of the house to the unearthly storm shows
Poe's choice of style.Poe's poetry also shows how morbid his imagination can
be.Poe was very well known for his his poem "Lenore" which he wrote after
the tragic death of his wife.
After his wifes death Poe went through a tragic period.This led poe to
write more tragic and sometimes morbid poems.It is also said to belive that
Poe used the drug opium, and drank a lot of alcohol.Poe's use of drugs is, for
the most part, purely a literary device.For some of Poe's more fantastic
storylines, his narrators admit the use of opium.Although some wondered if
Poe's wild imagination was fired by drugs, no one seems to have seriously
accused him of this habit during...