Summary
This will be the last post for Edgar Allan Poe's life story, because we come to the part where his life ends. Even though his emotional problems, Poe continued to still write creative. He publised his love poem to Annie in the Boston weekily, The Flag of Our Union. The project Poe really wanted to accomplish was to own his own magazine but it failed because he could not get subcribers. In May Poe accomplished his last poem called, "Annabel Lee" Poe drank when he had to leave New York to go to a lecture in Richmond. He was arrested for drunken behavior, while in prison Poe claimed to that he saw, "weird and fantastic hallucinations." After getting out of prison, Poe went on a train back to New York to care for Maria Clemm, but then he got off because he said he heard a men three seats back from his that he was going to kill him so Poe got off quick. Poe had been feeling very ill he low on money and was living in a two story hotel. Poe had met Elmira again, she was his fifth and final attempt to remarry she accepted his proposal. When they called the doctor and sent Poe to the hospital, the doctor realized that Poe's life was in danger and believed he would die. Sadly Edgar Allan Poe died on Sunday, October 7 at 5 A.M. at the age of 40. They find Poe's death mysterious because he could of died of various causes, Poe was buried in the Presbyteria Cemetery in Baltimore on October 8 at 4 in the afternoon. Maria Clemm after Poe's death had published his work because she desperately needed money for survival. People were now taking pieces of Poe's work and publishing it to sell, but friends and supporters of Poe in America put together all Poe's work and published it they even wrote a book about his life. Poe was very popular in France and they took it seriously when he had died by decicating things to him, Poe influence art in Europe and America. Baudelaire used Poe's tragic life and spent years translating Poe's work, his infulence on American literature was deep, his originality and imagination has impact advanced thinkers today.
Quotation
After Poe's death, doctors found his cause of death as mysterious, "exposure...alcoholic poisoning...heart disease...Poe must probably suffered from hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar-possibly brought on by chronic liver disease, which can also induce altered states of consciousness" (Meyers 256).
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I was in shock when I came to the part saying that Edgar Allan Poe died, because I still had two more chapters left so I thought that he would die then not so soon, but then I realized that the two chapters were for his influence on Americans and Europeans. When Poe was in the hospital he was very sick, and it was easy to tell because he was seeing things and I got the impression that he was going to die because he saw Viriginia the love of his life. The doctors was still skeptic about how Poe died and I believed that Poe died of alcoholic reasons because towards the end he was drinking a lot every page I turned he was drinking. I think his liver was just very damaged, when Poe would drink I would be very disappointed because I know he went through a lot in his life but he died so young, and everyone witness his drinking they just stare and would not do a thing, he drank his life away. Poe was an amazing writer and I was suprised how some of these companies would reject his work or criticize it, personally I think they were jealous because Poe mostly drank for not getting his work published. This led to Poe not earning money to support his family which made him more depress. From reading the book on his life I believed Poe die of acoholic poisoning, at a young age.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe His Life & Legacy (pgs 163-240)
Summary
Since Poe moved to New York he is writing all these different types of stories like The Raven which was a dramatic story he wrote that impressed a lot people. Poe's fame enhanced in February 1845 because a writer wrote an essay on The Raven where he said the story was not as good but Poe handled that criticism very well. Poe worked in the Broadway Journal in New York, where he was very quiet and concentrated on his work. He also worked for the Mirror, where in both places he wrote great reviews of the work of Burns, Milton, Lamb, Hunt, Shelley, Hazlitt, Barrett, Tennyson, Lowell, and Prescott. Poe worked a copious amount of hours but was underpaid. As Poe edited in the Broadway Journal and his fame and popularity increased in New York, and women became very attracted because they saw him as, "creative genius, his prestige and power in the world of letters." Poe began his love affairs with just two women, but feeling bad for his sick wife he stop, Poe began reading textbooks on tuberculosis which made him feel sad because his wife Virginia had the disease. Poe was able to read a poem that he wrote at the Boston Lyceum for 55 dollars, so he bragged that it was the best poem but it turned out that it was not which was ashamed in Bostonians eyes. The Broadway Journal went out of business but Poe borrowed money to buy it back, but since he was not able to keep he began heavily drinking for 18 months, his wife died at the age of 24 same age and disease as his mom and brother. After his depression, Poe started writing a book called Eureka in 1847 and completed it in 1848, it was about a French astronomer and mathematician. Poe started meeting other women he meet three women Marie Louise, who rejected him because of his drinking, Helen Whitman who decided last minute not to marry him because of his past, and Annie who wanted to be with him but he pick Helen over her so she move on. Poe did not have any good luck with women.
Quotation
After Virginia death Poe felt it was wrong to remarry but there was just some women that caught his attention, "Poe liked to worship women from afar, in letters and in verse. When he drew dangerously close to them, he became overwrought and insecure, and deliberately-if unconsciously-ruined his chances of marriage. There was a strong contrast between Poe's highly disciplined writing and the emotional eruptions of his love letters" (Meyers 221).
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I was very sad for Edgar Allan Poe because his wife Virginia died and he loved her a lot, some of the things he would write about where so deep and loving. I could understand why Poe was afraid to marry again because he has been with Virginia for so long, but the other women that are coming around are making him think twice which i kind of figured that he was going to want to remarry again. I agree with this quote because I noticed that Poe every time he fell in love with a women he would not just go up to them but he would take the time a write this detail letter or poem about that one lady. I think that is so romantic I see why these ladies fall head over heels for him, there are some of these poems in the book and he describes that particular lady so well I can picture her in my mind. The bad thing is Poe is a very heavy drinker it is like every time he is depressed he drinks, and when the women find that out they decided he is not the best choice to marry. I feel bad for him because he is a really nice man who falls in love with these ladies so fast and he that he could sit there and write this lovely poem about her. The difference between Poe writings was that he mostly wrote this fictional stories that pop in his head, but when it came to writing love letters he jus sat there and thought about the girl and put his thoughts on paper. I hope that Poe finds someone that will stick with him.
Since Poe moved to New York he is writing all these different types of stories like The Raven which was a dramatic story he wrote that impressed a lot people. Poe's fame enhanced in February 1845 because a writer wrote an essay on The Raven where he said the story was not as good but Poe handled that criticism very well. Poe worked in the Broadway Journal in New York, where he was very quiet and concentrated on his work. He also worked for the Mirror, where in both places he wrote great reviews of the work of Burns, Milton, Lamb, Hunt, Shelley, Hazlitt, Barrett, Tennyson, Lowell, and Prescott. Poe worked a copious amount of hours but was underpaid. As Poe edited in the Broadway Journal and his fame and popularity increased in New York, and women became very attracted because they saw him as, "creative genius, his prestige and power in the world of letters." Poe began his love affairs with just two women, but feeling bad for his sick wife he stop, Poe began reading textbooks on tuberculosis which made him feel sad because his wife Virginia had the disease. Poe was able to read a poem that he wrote at the Boston Lyceum for 55 dollars, so he bragged that it was the best poem but it turned out that it was not which was ashamed in Bostonians eyes. The Broadway Journal went out of business but Poe borrowed money to buy it back, but since he was not able to keep he began heavily drinking for 18 months, his wife died at the age of 24 same age and disease as his mom and brother. After his depression, Poe started writing a book called Eureka in 1847 and completed it in 1848, it was about a French astronomer and mathematician. Poe started meeting other women he meet three women Marie Louise, who rejected him because of his drinking, Helen Whitman who decided last minute not to marry him because of his past, and Annie who wanted to be with him but he pick Helen over her so she move on. Poe did not have any good luck with women.
Quotation
After Virginia death Poe felt it was wrong to remarry but there was just some women that caught his attention, "Poe liked to worship women from afar, in letters and in verse. When he drew dangerously close to them, he became overwrought and insecure, and deliberately-if unconsciously-ruined his chances of marriage. There was a strong contrast between Poe's highly disciplined writing and the emotional eruptions of his love letters" (Meyers 221).
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I was very sad for Edgar Allan Poe because his wife Virginia died and he loved her a lot, some of the things he would write about where so deep and loving. I could understand why Poe was afraid to marry again because he has been with Virginia for so long, but the other women that are coming around are making him think twice which i kind of figured that he was going to want to remarry again. I agree with this quote because I noticed that Poe every time he fell in love with a women he would not just go up to them but he would take the time a write this detail letter or poem about that one lady. I think that is so romantic I see why these ladies fall head over heels for him, there are some of these poems in the book and he describes that particular lady so well I can picture her in my mind. The bad thing is Poe is a very heavy drinker it is like every time he is depressed he drinks, and when the women find that out they decided he is not the best choice to marry. I feel bad for him because he is a really nice man who falls in love with these ladies so fast and he that he could sit there and write this lovely poem about her. The difference between Poe writings was that he mostly wrote this fictional stories that pop in his head, but when it came to writing love letters he jus sat there and thought about the girl and put his thoughts on paper. I hope that Poe finds someone that will stick with him.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe His Life & Legacy (pgs 101-162)
Summary
Poe had decided to move to Philadelphia and started writing lyric poetry and short stories. These are some of the his great short fiction stories "Leigeia" "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Man of the Crowd", he was able to bring out his first book of stories. When Poe first started writing his short stories the were full of sadness and violence, this reflected off on how Poe was feeling he was very sad because of he wife sickness. The story "Leigeia" was about a powerful and beautiful women who returns from the dead, people said this was the best story Poe had ever written. Later on Poe had failed to achieve a popular success with "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" which was bad for Poe because if it was successful he would be able to earned the money. Poe did not make a lot of money ever since he left the Messenger in Baltimore, he was able to get an editorial job at Burton's where he got his own outlet for his stories. Poe's writing was very successful in Burton's magazine, Burton and Poe worked together but Burton would get paid 3 to 4 thousand dollars a year, while Poe who did most of the work would only get paid 5 hundred dollars a year. This got Poe very angry with Burton, so Poe became very abusive and would stomp out of office this cause him to almost lose his job. Edgar Allan Poe having these disagreements with Burton he began drinking again and sometimes they will find him drunk on the streets. Finally leaving Burton, Poe found another magazine company called Graham he had more control where he got credited for writing his stories they became popular like "The Murders in Rue Morgue." Poe dedicated stories to his sick wife the most popular was "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." The Graham's magazine was not going so good because he was still paid low salary and he needed more money to support his family. Edgar Allan Poe being the first American writer he wanted to make his own magazine so he decided to move to New York to start it.
Quotation
When Poe wrote his stories about dead woman he believed, "the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world, (Ugly women, dead or alive, were presumably not worth a story.) But the slow, prolonged death of a beautiful woman was to Poe even more moving" (Meyers 103).
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Poe had believed this when he had wrote the story "Liegeia" and I find this to be true sometimes because when I read books or watch movies about dead women who returned from the dead they are describe as very beautiful the book or movie is very interesting. I can see that maybe for Poe it was easier to write about a beautiful woman since through most of his life women that he loved died. I thought of it as Poe wrote this type of story because he wanted those women that died to come back from the died, and when Poe would describe these women it seem to me that they were very beautiful. Now when Poe says that ugly women are not worth a story, I think he means that if you are going to write a story about a woman it should be about a woman that you think is beautiful. When the story is written about that person you think is beautiful it comes out a better story then for someone you really did not care about. It was better for Poe to write a story about a beautiful woman that came back from the dead because readers would be more interested in reading that type of book. It is not like Poe said a pretty woman, but it sounds more appealing to read a beautiful woman, so with Poe's belief I agree with it that writing about someone you think is beautiful is worth it than writing about someone you do not see that beauty in them.
Poe had decided to move to Philadelphia and started writing lyric poetry and short stories. These are some of the his great short fiction stories "Leigeia" "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Man of the Crowd", he was able to bring out his first book of stories. When Poe first started writing his short stories the were full of sadness and violence, this reflected off on how Poe was feeling he was very sad because of he wife sickness. The story "Leigeia" was about a powerful and beautiful women who returns from the dead, people said this was the best story Poe had ever written. Later on Poe had failed to achieve a popular success with "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" which was bad for Poe because if it was successful he would be able to earned the money. Poe did not make a lot of money ever since he left the Messenger in Baltimore, he was able to get an editorial job at Burton's where he got his own outlet for his stories. Poe's writing was very successful in Burton's magazine, Burton and Poe worked together but Burton would get paid 3 to 4 thousand dollars a year, while Poe who did most of the work would only get paid 5 hundred dollars a year. This got Poe very angry with Burton, so Poe became very abusive and would stomp out of office this cause him to almost lose his job. Edgar Allan Poe having these disagreements with Burton he began drinking again and sometimes they will find him drunk on the streets. Finally leaving Burton, Poe found another magazine company called Graham he had more control where he got credited for writing his stories they became popular like "The Murders in Rue Morgue." Poe dedicated stories to his sick wife the most popular was "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." The Graham's magazine was not going so good because he was still paid low salary and he needed more money to support his family. Edgar Allan Poe being the first American writer he wanted to make his own magazine so he decided to move to New York to start it.
Quotation
When Poe wrote his stories about dead woman he believed, "the death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world, (Ugly women, dead or alive, were presumably not worth a story.) But the slow, prolonged death of a beautiful woman was to Poe even more moving" (Meyers 103).
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Poe had believed this when he had wrote the story "Liegeia" and I find this to be true sometimes because when I read books or watch movies about dead women who returned from the dead they are describe as very beautiful the book or movie is very interesting. I can see that maybe for Poe it was easier to write about a beautiful woman since through most of his life women that he loved died. I thought of it as Poe wrote this type of story because he wanted those women that died to come back from the died, and when Poe would describe these women it seem to me that they were very beautiful. Now when Poe says that ugly women are not worth a story, I think he means that if you are going to write a story about a woman it should be about a woman that you think is beautiful. When the story is written about that person you think is beautiful it comes out a better story then for someone you really did not care about. It was better for Poe to write a story about a beautiful woman that came back from the dead because readers would be more interested in reading that type of book. It is not like Poe said a pretty woman, but it sounds more appealing to read a beautiful woman, so with Poe's belief I agree with it that writing about someone you think is beautiful is worth it than writing about someone you do not see that beauty in them.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe His Life & Legacy (pgs 56-100)
Summary
When Poe's foster father got re married Poe was able to come back to Baltimore. Poe was thinking of how he was born his parents had to give him up and then he was an orphan at the year of two, he did not complete university education, expelled from West Point, rejected by his foster father and was scared how every women that loved him Eliza Poe, Jane Standard, and Frances Allan died. While Poe was in Baltimore he found his aunt Maria Clemm and his nine year old cousin Virginia who later becomes his wife. Poe was very close to Maria saw her as his mother so he had written a poem called, "To my mother" which was for Maria. Poe entered a contest called, "Saturday Courier" the prize offered 100 dollars for the best original story but he did not win. Poe used the several stories he wrote to make up a volume but never got to publish it. Since Poe decided to take car of Maria and Virginia he needed money, Thomas Willis White help Poe publish one of his stories in the March issue of the, "Southern Literary Messenger." Poe was doing really bad financially, so Poe began reading and writing so he can get some materiel for the magazine, he successfully publish a play everyone like called, "Politian" it was a romantic tragedy. after that Poe was beginning to publish more stories, Poe was very sensitive to criticism about his stories and he had a lot of enemies sometimes he would attack the author that criticize him. When Poe died, there was one guy named Tennyson a famous poet in England said he admire Poe's work. Poe got married at 27 to 14 year old Virginia, he began getting stress so he started to drink and would not stop until he ran out of money, he said drinking clam his nerves, alcoholism runs in Poe family his father and brother were alcoholics. Poe was one of the best editors in his time, but when he was about to loose his job because of his drinking he stop. Poe decided to move to New York to leave his problems behind.
Quotation
These are some of the reason why Poe started drinking again, " He drank when he was in danger of losing Virginia...He drank when overwhelmed by work...He drank to clam his nerves (though drinking actually excited them) " (Meyers 88).
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Edgar Allan Poe has gone through a lot as he gets older and there are not really good things especially him having financial problems, his wife is sick , and plus on top of that he needs to do his job. During that time it was common for people to drink a lot but Poe took it to the point where he just drank because of stress which is not good at all. I can see why he drank because of all the problems he had, but as people were finding out that he was drinking they did not like that especially when he would just drink out in the open. I think if it was not for his boss saying if you do not stop drinking you are getting fired and that was like a slap to his face so he stop. I think Poe just drank because it was a way from him to escape away from everybody he did not have to worry about anything. It was not a wise choice for him to start drinking especially when he needed the money. I would not doubt that the more I read this book that he would star drinking again because his father and brother were alcoholics and I see it as like father like son.
When Poe's foster father got re married Poe was able to come back to Baltimore. Poe was thinking of how he was born his parents had to give him up and then he was an orphan at the year of two, he did not complete university education, expelled from West Point, rejected by his foster father and was scared how every women that loved him Eliza Poe, Jane Standard, and Frances Allan died. While Poe was in Baltimore he found his aunt Maria Clemm and his nine year old cousin Virginia who later becomes his wife. Poe was very close to Maria saw her as his mother so he had written a poem called, "To my mother" which was for Maria. Poe entered a contest called, "Saturday Courier" the prize offered 100 dollars for the best original story but he did not win. Poe used the several stories he wrote to make up a volume but never got to publish it. Since Poe decided to take car of Maria and Virginia he needed money, Thomas Willis White help Poe publish one of his stories in the March issue of the, "Southern Literary Messenger." Poe was doing really bad financially, so Poe began reading and writing so he can get some materiel for the magazine, he successfully publish a play everyone like called, "Politian" it was a romantic tragedy. after that Poe was beginning to publish more stories, Poe was very sensitive to criticism about his stories and he had a lot of enemies sometimes he would attack the author that criticize him. When Poe died, there was one guy named Tennyson a famous poet in England said he admire Poe's work. Poe got married at 27 to 14 year old Virginia, he began getting stress so he started to drink and would not stop until he ran out of money, he said drinking clam his nerves, alcoholism runs in Poe family his father and brother were alcoholics. Poe was one of the best editors in his time, but when he was about to loose his job because of his drinking he stop. Poe decided to move to New York to leave his problems behind.
Quotation
These are some of the reason why Poe started drinking again, " He drank when he was in danger of losing Virginia...He drank when overwhelmed by work...He drank to clam his nerves (though drinking actually excited them) " (Meyers 88).
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Edgar Allan Poe has gone through a lot as he gets older and there are not really good things especially him having financial problems, his wife is sick , and plus on top of that he needs to do his job. During that time it was common for people to drink a lot but Poe took it to the point where he just drank because of stress which is not good at all. I can see why he drank because of all the problems he had, but as people were finding out that he was drinking they did not like that especially when he would just drink out in the open. I think if it was not for his boss saying if you do not stop drinking you are getting fired and that was like a slap to his face so he stop. I think Poe just drank because it was a way from him to escape away from everybody he did not have to worry about anything. It was not a wise choice for him to start drinking especially when he needed the money. I would not doubt that the more I read this book that he would star drinking again because his father and brother were alcoholics and I see it as like father like son.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe His life & Legacy (pgs 1-55)
Summary
This biography is about a famous poet named Edgar Allan Poe and the way he grew up and the reasons why he wanted to become a poet. Poe was born in the year of 1809 in Boston, MA and during the time he was born his parents were going through a financial problems, were the Poe family had to find a way to get money with their new baby Edgar. After David Poe (Edgar's father) could not get the money he demanded for from his cousin George Poe, he had no choice but to leave five week old Edgar in Baltimore with his mother and father. Soon that did not last long because David's parents returned him back in six months but this time to a nursemaid who cared for Edgar and his sister Rosalie. This nurse would give Edgar alcohol just to put him to sleep and here is where Edgar's alcoholism began just as he was a baby. Edgar's father had died in 1811, and they say he was to be just like his father. His mother who was a famous actress had taken care of Edgar and Rosalie but had died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-four and that was last of seeing his parents. Later Edgar becomes an orphan and is taken in by John Allan his foster father even though John Allan had not adopted Edgar the Allan's decided to put Allan in the middle and is why is name is Edgar Allan Poe. The Allans spoiled Edgar they treated like a young prince send him to the best schools where he found his love for literature, and spoke French very well, everyone describe Edgar as a very attractive boy who had his fun times it was ironic to find out he was very quiet and look sad all the time. Edgar had fell in love with one of his friends mother her name was Jane Stanard the reason was she would show him affection but when she had died he would visit her grave, Edgar wrote a poem about her by changing her name to "Helen." At seventeen Edgar went to University of Virginia where he had change and participated in more sports, in his time in college he read a lot poems and written his own and his friends love them. Poe had gotten into fights in school, which lead to him drinking and gambling, Edgar's foster father had money and since Edgar was the only son he had, Edgar had the big chance of getting the inheritance. Edgar had fell in love again to a girl named Elmira Royster they were both in love but since Edgar was doing bad things in school which got Allan mad this was pushing Edgar not be able to get the inheritance and when Elmira's father found that out he would hide all the letters Edgar send her and had her marry someone else. At this point Edgar was mad and sad to find out she was engaged so he join the army which also mad Allan mad , during Edgar time in the army he wrote many poems of the things he saw.
Quotation
This is one of the poems John Allan Edgar's foster father wrote, " From childhood's hour I have not been As others were-I have not seen As others saw-I could not bring My passions from a common spring- From the same source I have not taken My sorrow-I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone- And all lov'd-I lov'd alone " (Meyers 16).
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This quote was a poem by John Allan, I think this quote is important to the story because at this time was when Edgar was younger in school and was very unsociable kid who did not have that many friends he was a bit of a loner. I believe that John Allan wrote this for Edgar because he was always alone as a child so it is trying to say that as Edgar was a child he was doing things on his own and while other children were doing things. Also that Edgar had to do things on his own especially when he had to love himself instead of being loved. This is a important to the story because it shows how John Allan see Edgar, this is what he believes Edgar feels but Edgar could not feel like that, it is base on how a parent views their child because they are very limited they only know what they see. For the Allans they found it very strange for Edgar to be so isolated from everyone. In this poem its says that all the others get to do these things while in this case Edgar is doing things alone. I think that the reason why Edgar acted so lonely was because both his parents died and he never really got to know his parents all he knew was their names and the jobs they had, and that can be a lot for a child to take in.
This biography is about a famous poet named Edgar Allan Poe and the way he grew up and the reasons why he wanted to become a poet. Poe was born in the year of 1809 in Boston, MA and during the time he was born his parents were going through a financial problems, were the Poe family had to find a way to get money with their new baby Edgar. After David Poe (Edgar's father) could not get the money he demanded for from his cousin George Poe, he had no choice but to leave five week old Edgar in Baltimore with his mother and father. Soon that did not last long because David's parents returned him back in six months but this time to a nursemaid who cared for Edgar and his sister Rosalie. This nurse would give Edgar alcohol just to put him to sleep and here is where Edgar's alcoholism began just as he was a baby. Edgar's father had died in 1811, and they say he was to be just like his father. His mother who was a famous actress had taken care of Edgar and Rosalie but had died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-four and that was last of seeing his parents. Later Edgar becomes an orphan and is taken in by John Allan his foster father even though John Allan had not adopted Edgar the Allan's decided to put Allan in the middle and is why is name is Edgar Allan Poe. The Allans spoiled Edgar they treated like a young prince send him to the best schools where he found his love for literature, and spoke French very well, everyone describe Edgar as a very attractive boy who had his fun times it was ironic to find out he was very quiet and look sad all the time. Edgar had fell in love with one of his friends mother her name was Jane Stanard the reason was she would show him affection but when she had died he would visit her grave, Edgar wrote a poem about her by changing her name to "Helen." At seventeen Edgar went to University of Virginia where he had change and participated in more sports, in his time in college he read a lot poems and written his own and his friends love them. Poe had gotten into fights in school, which lead to him drinking and gambling, Edgar's foster father had money and since Edgar was the only son he had, Edgar had the big chance of getting the inheritance. Edgar had fell in love again to a girl named Elmira Royster they were both in love but since Edgar was doing bad things in school which got Allan mad this was pushing Edgar not be able to get the inheritance and when Elmira's father found that out he would hide all the letters Edgar send her and had her marry someone else. At this point Edgar was mad and sad to find out she was engaged so he join the army which also mad Allan mad , during Edgar time in the army he wrote many poems of the things he saw.
Quotation
This is one of the poems John Allan Edgar's foster father wrote, " From childhood's hour I have not been As others were-I have not seen As others saw-I could not bring My passions from a common spring- From the same source I have not taken My sorrow-I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone- And all lov'd-I lov'd alone " (Meyers 16).
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This quote was a poem by John Allan, I think this quote is important to the story because at this time was when Edgar was younger in school and was very unsociable kid who did not have that many friends he was a bit of a loner. I believe that John Allan wrote this for Edgar because he was always alone as a child so it is trying to say that as Edgar was a child he was doing things on his own and while other children were doing things. Also that Edgar had to do things on his own especially when he had to love himself instead of being loved. This is a important to the story because it shows how John Allan see Edgar, this is what he believes Edgar feels but Edgar could not feel like that, it is base on how a parent views their child because they are very limited they only know what they see. For the Allans they found it very strange for Edgar to be so isolated from everyone. In this poem its says that all the others get to do these things while in this case Edgar is doing things alone. I think that the reason why Edgar acted so lonely was because both his parents died and he never really got to know his parents all he knew was their names and the jobs they had, and that can be a lot for a child to take in.
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