Edgar Allen Poe

Edgar Allen Poe is a popular writer known for his unique pieces of poetry.  Poe had a life full of unfortunate events that I believe helped as inspiration for his writing. When he was only a kid, both of his parents died. That is usually a very scarring experience for a person. Since his parents weren't alive to care for him and his brother and sister, they were seperated. Poe's inspiration was a British poet named Lord Bryon. He had always liked writing.  He became very poor because he didn't have enough money to pay off college. His love life wasn't any better...his fiancé had gotten engaged with someone else while he had been off in college. His step mother died before he got to say goodbye to her. Those are just some of the many unfortunate events that Poe lived through. Having a life full of tragedies, Poe had a lot of inspiration from which his poetry flourished from.

Poe's writing style was completely different from project pieces that were written at the time. He almost always wrote about depressing scenarios. Also, events in which the reader would feel scared. He uses a lot of description in his writing, and with them, paints clear pictures. His stories are full of signs of a great imagination. He wrote stories of mystery, leaving the reader with a million questions concerning what happens next. After all his hard work and his contribution to American literature, he left a great legacy. Such a big legacy was left,  that society finds it nevcesary that Poe's writings be taught in classrooms around the country today.