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A 5 page research paper that looks at the life of Edgar Allan Poe and discusses connections between his life and possible inspiration for his works. The writer looks at his poem Tamerlane and short stories, The Black Cat and The Fall of the House of Usher. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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could never relish the good because of all of the bad that preceded it. However, it was the misery in his soul that provided Poe with his unique perspective
on reality, which blended he macabre into the fabric of the everyday and the commonplace. Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809 an English actress Elizabeth
Hopkins, and David Poe, an Irish actor (Edgar...Shadow). Poes father deserted his wife and three children (Poe had an elder brother, William Henry, and a sister, Rosalie) when Edgar was
only a baby. Three years later, his mother passed away, which marked on of many tragedies that would haunt Poes life (Edgar...Shadow). Poe then had the good fortune that
he and his siblings were adopted by John Allan, a wealthy tobacco exporter from Richmond, Virginia, and his wife, Frances; but, in a patter that persisted his entire life, bad
accompanied the good and Poe never got along with his adoptive father. On the other hand, the wealth of the Allans allowed Poe to be educated at a boarding
school in London, and also at a private school and academy in Richmond and then later at the University of Virginia (Edgar...Shadow). But while Poe had the opportunity for a
good education, he was dismissed after just one year at the university because of his drinking and gambling (Edgar...Shadow). Back in Richmond, Poe wrote his first "serious" poem, Tamerlane, which
later became his first published work, and concerns the marriage of a woman that Poe loved (Edgar...Shadow). In the poem, Poe addresses his father and explains the effect that
young love has had on his heart. It refills intimate details that may very well describe Poes relationship with his first love. He states that "...laughing at her girlish
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