Edgar Allan Poe's Accomplishments
Griswold remarks in an obituary that Poe was a “drunken, womanizing madman with no morals and no friends.” Maybe Griswold was jealous, envious, or plain hateful and evil towards Poe. Could it be that maybe Griswold was true about the claims that he stated or that Poe was actually a genius that was misjudged by the world and its views of poetry and short stories of that era. Poe created the first detective horror stories, mystery, and to capture the imagination and interest of the world around him into his poetry, and short stories along with his own inner demons and sorrow.
Entering into life, Poe was orphaned when he was two years old, his dad walked out of his life, and his mother died when he was two years old. His foster parents were …show more content…
His major works were “Tales of Grotesque and Arabesque”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Philosophy of Composition”, “The Poetic Principle”, and “The Rationale Of Verse”, and many more.(Biography.com) The themes of his major works were that of horror, romantic, depression, and mostly that of plain insanity.(Biography.com) For his romantic poetry he chose his most happiness and loved memories of his beloved wife and family. For his depression, insanity, and horror he chose that of his dark, memories were his family members died. His projects were not that well-known and would have not been that well-known without the poem “The Raven” which made his name a known in households and in other places and people.(Poe Museum) Critics often said that Poe was a “soon to be dead” after his beloved wife Virginia death.(Poe …show more content…
For the three poems I choose: “Annabel Lee”, “El Dorado”, “To My Mother”. In “Annabel Lee” it states “And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side/Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride,”. All three poems have the same thing in common. The poems represents something that Poe wants back or wants in his life. For “Annabel Lee” it is his wife Virginia, in “El Dorado” it is his ambition to be rich and famous, and for “To My Mother “ was a immortalization of Frances Allen, and how he loved her like a mother that was better than his birth mother. It also states in the poem
Entering into life, Poe was orphaned when he was two years old, his dad walked out of his life, and his mother died when he was two years old. His foster parents were …show more content…
His major works were “Tales of Grotesque and Arabesque”, “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Philosophy of Composition”, “The Poetic Principle”, and “The Rationale Of Verse”, and many more.(Biography.com) The themes of his major works were that of horror, romantic, depression, and mostly that of plain insanity.(Biography.com) For his romantic poetry he chose his most happiness and loved memories of his beloved wife and family. For his depression, insanity, and horror he chose that of his dark, memories were his family members died. His projects were not that well-known and would have not been that well-known without the poem “The Raven” which made his name a known in households and in other places and people.(Poe Museum) Critics often said that Poe was a “soon to be dead” after his beloved wife Virginia death.(Poe …show more content…
For the three poems I choose: “Annabel Lee”, “El Dorado”, “To My Mother”. In “Annabel Lee” it states “And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side/Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride,”. All three poems have the same thing in common. The poems represents something that Poe wants back or wants in his life. For “Annabel Lee” it is his wife Virginia, in “El Dorado” it is his ambition to be rich and famous, and for “To My Mother “ was a immortalization of Frances Allen, and how he loved her like a mother that was better than his birth mother. It also states in the poem