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    The Fall of the House of Usher, Annabel Lee, and The Cask Amontillado. Some of these stories and poems style could have been influenced by Poe’s past. Before Poe even turned three both of his parents, two professional actors, died. From there he was taken in by Frances and John Allan in Richmond, Virginia. Thenceforth, he was sent to the best boarding schools and later to the University of Virginia. There he academically excelled. However, he was forced to leave because John Allan wasn’t going to pay Poe’s gambling bills. Later on he joined the U.S. Army and there he began to try writing short stories, but it wasn’t till after he got married to Virginia and had work as an editor at numerous newspapers and magazines, such as Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine in, Graham’s Magazine in Philadelphia, and Broadway Journal in New York City,(poets.org), that he wrote some of his more well known short stories and poems, such as The Raven. In some of those more famous texts, Poe uses parallel structure to add rhythm, rhyme, and value. Poe also uses personification to add more depth, context, and meaning to his passages. Both personification and parallel structure, help Poe convey the more haunting, malicious, and a more eerie mood to his stories and poems. In works, such as The Fall of the House of Usher, Poe uses personification to add depth, context, and meaning to set the mood of his works. In the short story The Fall of the House of Usher, when Poe is describing the house that the…

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    story. In 1827, he moved to Boston and enlisted in the United States Army. His first collection of poems, Tamerlane, and Other Poems, was published that year. In 1829, he published a second collection entitled Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems. Neither volume received significant critical or public attention. Following his Army service, Poe was admitted to the United States Military Academy, but he was again forced to leave for lack of financial support. He then moved into the home of his…

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    They then moved to Philadelphia. There, Poe sold several more stories, yet did not gain the recognition he felt he deserved. Edgar had several jobs with several magazines and other forms of journalism, and in each, he continued to viscously attack other author's works. In the summer of 1839, Lea & Blanchard Publishers published twenty-five of Poe's stories. It was a two volume set of two hundred and forty pages each, titled Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. This publication was…

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    Showing vs. Telling – Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot details, from his perspective, the experience of a man who is reincarnated into a parrot as he deals with his jealousy from his previous life. After being brought home by his former wife, the narrator must address these feelings as he, limited by his form as a parrot, powerlessly watches his wife move on and develop other romantic relationships. Using the contrast of showing and telling,…

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    The “Grandfather of Goth”(Semtner) Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. He was born into a family of performers, causing a lot of traveling. However, at the age of three both of his parents had died of tuberculosis. A tobacco merchant names John Allan adopted him, now his new family accepted Poe as their own and gave him everything. Soon, his new family moved to London and Poe studied in England. After returning home Poe grew a love for writing, he was inspired by a poet…

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    The Raven Literary Analysis I would like to do a literary analysis of “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, which is considered one of the best poems in the history. Main character is the narrator, who is not further described except fact that he lost his beloved Lenore, and the raven. Even though the raven is just an animal he plays an important role in the poem. It is a short story about the person who is the narrator and is trying to find out if he will see Lenore ever again. Answer to that is…

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    George R.R Martin, an American novelist, once said, “Love is madness and lust is poison.” Yet, the loss of the same love can oftentimes leave people in a state of anguish. In the poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, the protagonist is trapped in melancholia after the loss of his wife Lenore. The author uses two gothic conventions; decay and emotion to manifest the main character’s madness driven by grief. The gothic convention of decay demonstrated how sorrow prompted the protagonists’…

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    The poems written by Edgar Allan Poe were like no other. Poe had some important people in his life, like his mother, and his one true love, but unfortunately they had all passed away. He has written poems of some talking about his life, and even one about his love, Lenore. In Poe’s writing, one of the most common moods in his stories is sorrowful. Including examples like, “Annabel Lee,” “Alone,” and “The Raven.” “Annabel Lee” was a poem that had put a lot of emotion into it. It’s mainly about…

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    Poe vs Hawthorne “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.” This quote from Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven is one of many from the dark romanticism authors such as Poe and Hawthorne. Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne show through their writings the melancholy and mystical aspects of Puritan…

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    How did Edgar Allan Poe’s life influence his poems Edgar Allan Poe had a very depressing life which is believed to have heavy influence on his writing. Many people say that because of the hard, sad, and depressing life that Poe experienced is the reason why his writing’s are very dark, mysterious, and emotional. Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts. Poe had a very hard life, he grew up with no parents and he never really had a place to call home. Edgar didn’t…

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