Answers About Edgar Allen Poe
1) Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts. He died on October 7, 1849. The reason of his death was unknown, although, there are many theories about why he died.
2) Poe's parents died when he was only three years old, so he moved in with a foster family in Richmond. His foster mother died as well and his foster father was consumed with debt.
3) Some theories of Poe death was that he died from alcoholism, murder, suicide, or disease. Some say that he was found on the street unconscious and was taken to Washington College Hospital and died there.
4) Poe said that his "home" state was Virgina.
5) Baltimore was one of the places where he spent most of his life and the city is his finalresting place.
6) In the year of 1831, Poe was dismissed at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
7) Poe married his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia, in the year 1836.
8) I think that the marriage is uncivilized. In our modern world, it would have been against the law to marry someone as young as Virginia. An act like that would seem to give someone a bad reputation. I find it quite sickening to marry someone within your family. As an average person I would say, "Ew!"
9) In 1845, "The Raven" was published.
10) The "Tale-Tell Heart" and " The Black Cat" was written in 1843.
I am very familiar with Edgar Allen Poe's work. In middle school, we read some of his short stories and I have read some of his work on my own as well. I love reading his poems because it is so fascinating to read all the eerie scenarios this man has created. Edgar Allen Poe is one of the scariest storytellers I will ever know. He lived in Baltimore for a time in his life and it exciting to know that a mastermind writer had lived so close to Bel Air. I would love to visit the Poe house and his grave. May the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe live on!
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