Similarities Between The Raven And Edgar Allan Himself

The Raven and Edgar Allen Himself As clearly stated, Edgar Allen Poe was the author of the poem The Raven. In his short life, this poem along with many other poems and pieces he published connected to the dark and macabre that reflected his own life. With the images of madman, murder and melancholy, a lot of parallels can be drawn between “The Raven” and Edgar’s life. Poe’s life was filled with tragedy. The people closest to him that he loved died early in his life—his mother, father and his wife, Virginia. Disinherited by his adopted father, much of Poe’s life was spent in poverty. Whenever Poe’s wife was diagnosed with tuberculosis, she was already pot on a time frame to live. With him knowing she didn’t have much