Biography of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was a famous poet who was known for his creepy, dark and mysterious writing.
What most people do not know is that his poetry was based on the true and very tragic life events he endured. Poe was born on January 19, 1908 in Boston, Massachusetts to his parents David and Eliza Poe. Poe grew up with a fiery passion for poetry which could not be tamed even though his father was not too fond of Poe's literature desire. Poe's father longed for him to become a polite and well-known business man, but Poe's dream was to be just like his hero, Lord Byron, a British poet. Poe's mom passed away when he was only 3 years old from the horrible effects of Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, which …show more content…
Soon it became time for Poe to go to university, so John Allan sent him on his way with enough funds to get through university, or so Poe thought. What Poe found out once he got to university was that he did not have enough money to finish his whole year at college. This caused him to start gambling. He started to loose copious amounts of money and had to burn the furniture in his room to provide himself with warmth in the winter. University life came to an end very quickly as he dropped out and enlisted in the US Army as a private in start of May, 1827. He was only accepted because he lied by saying he was twenty-two when in reality he was only …show more content…
Poe had a rough and pain stricken life which never seemed to get better except for the few years that he was married to his cousin Virginia. Despite the age difference, Poe and Virginia were noticeably in love and she was the inspiration of many of his poems like “The Raven” and “Annabelle Lee”. Virginia and Poe were married for eleven years until she died at the young age of twenty-four. Poe was known for his poems that would have a mysterious and unusual ending, which led his poem “The Cask of Amontillado” to be banned from
Edgar Allan Poe was a famous poet who was known for his creepy, dark and mysterious writing.
What most people do not know is that his poetry was based on the true and very tragic life events he endured. Poe was born on January 19, 1908 in Boston, Massachusetts to his parents David and Eliza Poe. Poe grew up with a fiery passion for poetry which could not be tamed even though his father was not too fond of Poe's literature desire. Poe's father longed for him to become a polite and well-known business man, but Poe's dream was to be just like his hero, Lord Byron, a British poet. Poe's mom passed away when he was only 3 years old from the horrible effects of Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, which …show more content…
Soon it became time for Poe to go to university, so John Allan sent him on his way with enough funds to get through university, or so Poe thought. What Poe found out once he got to university was that he did not have enough money to finish his whole year at college. This caused him to start gambling. He started to loose copious amounts of money and had to burn the furniture in his room to provide himself with warmth in the winter. University life came to an end very quickly as he dropped out and enlisted in the US Army as a private in start of May, 1827. He was only accepted because he lied by saying he was twenty-two when in reality he was only …show more content…
Poe had a rough and pain stricken life which never seemed to get better except for the few years that he was married to his cousin Virginia. Despite the age difference, Poe and Virginia were noticeably in love and she was the inspiration of many of his poems like “The Raven” and “Annabelle Lee”. Virginia and Poe were married for eleven years until she died at the young age of twenty-four. Poe was known for his poems that would have a mysterious and unusual ending, which led his poem “The Cask of Amontillado” to be banned from