“True! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?” - Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was known for his macabre stories and poems that usually related to his life. Edgar Allan had a sad life that included death, alcoholism and insanity. He experienced these all and put his feelings on paper and this lead to stories and poems such as The Tell Tale Heart, Annabel Lee, and The Black Cat.
To begin with, Edgar’s life was riddled with loss of loved ones as well as people around him. Most of the people he loved died of Tuberculosis. He reflected this in Annabel Lee, as Annabel Lee is about a wife dying and the narrator loving her to no end. This related to Edgar’s life because his wife, Virginia
To begin with, Edgar’s life was riddled with loss of loved ones as well as people around him. Most of the people he loved died of Tuberculosis. He reflected this in Annabel Lee, as Annabel Lee is about a wife dying and the narrator loving her to no end. This related to Edgar’s life because his wife, Virginia