Why Is Poe Considered A Genius

Nevermore will there ever be someone like Edgar Allan Poe, a tortured soul, a deeply talented haunted writer, who found fame by creating romantic and gothic lore. He was a rare and unique individual, surrounded by controversy like no one else before. Poe was misunderstood during his time. Many attributed this to his drinking or use of drugs. The line between reality, dark fantasy and despair became intertwined in his work, and this is where it can be said that Edgar was a genius. It took several years after his death for the American public to embrace him as the talented writer that he was. A 1934 article from Time Magazine argues that there’s more than one way to look at Poe’s work. The article is based on two biographies that were released
A year later he dropped out and found himself in a great deal of debt. After falling out with his adopted foster father, he left home and enlisted in the army. He was discharged because he refused to obey orders. It was around this time Poe found that his former fiancé married. He had several relationships, Poe allegedly fell in love with an older woman, who later went mad. By his early twenties, he moved to Baltimore and lived with an aunt. It was at his aunt’s house that Poe met and married his fourteen-year-old cousin, according to Poe’s museum site, he never consummated the marriage in the 10 years they were together. She died at the age of 24, of tuberculosis (Poe
It’s a daunting emotion that also turns into a haunting experience when the bird appears by “tapping at [his] chamber door” (730). Today’s audience must remember that the use of such imagery, in 1845 was practically unheard of, and this may have caused visions of horror and terror in his readers. Yet this is what makes Poe unique. The poem is crafted to stir emotions, to visualize what the storyteller sees and feels, to get a glimpse at the suffocating pain in his soul. The narrator continues to talk to the bird trying to understand its purpose, its meaning. But the bird’s constant response of “nevermore” leaves him frustrated, angry, lost in the search an answer that would ease the painful memories for the one he