Human Emotions In Edgar Allan Poe's Life

Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his implementing poems that reach the hearts of everyone that reads them. Even though his early life was not ideal he still prospered in life and got what anyone ever needed in those times - an education. When he was finally recognized for his incredible ability, he became famous for a certain style of writing - fiction or gothic. It seemed that everyone fell in love with the way he wrote. It is an amazing ability to catch someone not by the eye, but by their hearts and to be able to dig deep into their mind just with a few stanzas. Even though Poe was writing from his own perspective, like many poets do, Poe’s poetry became famous because he taps into human emotions and makes it seem like he knows right where we are in the world and exactly what we are feeling; like he understands us better than anyone ever could. …show more content…
He lost his parents at a very young age. His adoptive parents gave him the best education by sending him to the best schools that they had access to (“Edgar” 2). While he was attending The University of Virginia he had to leave because of bad debts including gambling. After that, he enlisted in the army where he published his first poetry collection, Tamerlane and Other Poems(“Edgar” 2). He enlisted in the army and then was kicked out for breaking rules then, he went to New York City to stay with his aunt and cousin Virginia, who he ended up marrying in 1836 (“Edgar” 2). Edgar Allan Poe made himself known not only as an exceptional poet but also as an outstanding literary critic. In the last years of his life he supported himself by editing magazines in the Broadway Journal before he died in 1849 (“Edgar” 2). From then on, his poetry continued to inspire the deep dark emotions of the