Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is “acknowledged as a major literary figure, a master of Gothic atmosphere and interior monologue,” (Milne). Edgar Allen Poe’s poetry often depicts many forms of sadness while also showing an understanding of life. These forms can be seen throughout his work due to the tragic events in his life which strongly influenced them. His work includes many of the themes woven into each of his poems, as well. Edgar Allan Poe shows many themes that are important to people now just as much as they were back then, such as how people are able to attach themselves to one another and share a love that’s unbreakable. All of these factors make Edgar Allan Poe the memorable poet that he is today, not just in America, but globally, too. Edgar Allen Poe lived a more than devastating life. Poe was born in 1809 in the city of Boston, Massachusetts to two professional actors. Before reaching the age of four, both of Poe’s parents passed away. Poe was then raised in Richmond by Frances Keeling Valentine Allan and her husband John Allan, an exporter from Virginia. Throughout his childhood, Poe was constantly enrolled in the best academies and was given a better education than most people at the time. As he grew older, Poe attended the University of Virginia, but soon had to dropout due to insufficient funding from his stepfather. After enlisting in the army and attending West Point University, Poe received a degree of recognition for not only his immaculate poetry and fiction, but also because he was an exceptional literary critic. After the writing of his well-known poem “The Raven,” Poe achieved popular success. Then, however, another misfortune struck Poe’s life when his wife, Virginia, died from tuberculosis in 1847. Edgar Allan Poe passed away on October 7, 1849 “never regaining sufficient consciousness to relate to the details of the final days of his life” (Milne). Poe’s life was noticeably far from desirable for anyone, but he gained knowledge of life and placed