Research Paper On Edgar Allan Poe's Life

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Poe’s Life of Tragedies
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” (Brainyquote) That was one of Edgar Allan Poe’s quotes. In Poe’s life a lot of catastrophic things happen to him, consequently that is what molds him into a poet. Edgar Allan Poe was a great poet in the eighteen hundreds and still today. Edgar Allan Poe was and still is a poet. Edgar’s life begins in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19,1809. Very early in his life Edgar Allan Poe’s dad left him and his mom. Then, a little while later, after his mom died from tuberculosis. Next, the Poe family adopted him. He went to the University of Virginia and the U.S. Military Academy (Biography.com). Some of his most famous poems were The Raven, Annabel Lee, and The Bells (poestories.com). Edgar later died on October 7,1849 in Baltimore, Maryland (History.com).
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Accordingly, it is about a man sitting in a room, feeling melancholic/sad (probably because his lover is gone), when he hears a tap. So, he went to the door, but there is no one there (Reference.com). Then, he opens the window and a raven swoops in (representing death) (Enotes.com). “Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;” (The Raven Quotes) By this we can assume that his lover is deceased. It is obvious that his lover is gone. By the raven symbolizing death, we can assume that she is dead. This poem is an allegory (Yahoo!Answers). The Raven uses rhymes, alliteration, assonance, and

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