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Poe describes how a speaker experiences depths of dispiritedness and despair. The mood and motivation  reveals how his life was and traumitized by those events he makes his poetic masterpiece. He question if his life itself was just an ilusian.
The actual poem:
Take this kiss upon the brow!

And, in parting from you now,

Thus much let me avow —

You are not wrong, who deem

That my days have been a dream;

Yet if hope has flown away

In a night, or in a day,

In a vision, or in none,

Is it therefore the less gone?

All that we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar

Of a surf-tormented shore,

And I hold within my hand

Grains of the golden sand —

How few! yet how they creep

Through my fingers to the deep,

While I weep — while I weep!

O God! Can I not grasp

Them with a tighter clasp?

O God! can I not save

One from the pitiless wave?

Is all that we see or seem

But a dream within a dream?

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What influence did Poe have on the literary world?  

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What influence did Poe have on the literary world?  

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Poe is credited with creating the modern detective story, developing the Gothic horror story, and being a significant early writer of the science fiction form. Poe's literary criticism put a lot of pressure on other writers to do better which completely shaped all of American literature. Edgar Allan Poe was really a fantastic writer with beautiful and inspiring works.

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This is a perfect example of goth literature. Or emo literature. Midwest goth? Anglo-boy?

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The City in the Sea is about hell, and sin. Death lives in this dead city under the sea and rules from a big throne in a lost castle. The only light comes from the top of the sea.

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"Alone" is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. "Alone" reflects on Poe's life as an emotional outsider. In "Alone" Poe describes how he perceived life and emotions differently than others which made him feel isolated. It made him question why he sees things so differently than others. The beauty and irony of this poem is that of feeling isolated, different, misunderstood because so many people can relate to these feelings. The way that Poe expresses these feelings and emotions through poetry can cause writers to connect with others who feel the same.

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Alone by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Tom o' Bedlam

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Poe was born in Boston, MA but he was adopted in Richmond, VA. His parents were from London, England(Poe's mother) and Baltimore, MD(Poe's father).

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One would wonder if Edgar Allan Poe's death would be so mysterious if the newspapers reported his death with the original title "Alcohol, What is it Good For?"

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A strong believer in the temperance movement, he was very against use of alcohol. Unfortunately, he was against it due to his crippling addiction to alcohol. He could get drunk on one drink of wine. Prior to his death, his physician said another alcoholic attack could prove fatal to his body.

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When Poe was 26, he got married to his cousin, Virginia Poe, who was 13. While they were married, a lady named Sarah was madly in love with Poe who did not feel the same. When Virginia died of Tuberculosis, Edgar fell in love with Elmira Shelton but there was another woman before her. He had a fiance named Sarah Helen Whitman. Both of which connected themselves more to Poe after he died.

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Bette Midler who? Schizophrenia's in the house, forming part of a band named Dementia, along with his bandmates Alzheimer and Lou Gehrigs!

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In Salem, Massachusetts, almost 150 years after the Salem Witch Trials, Salem was shocked by the murder of Capt. Joseph White. He lived with his relative Benjamin White and his niece Mary Beckford. Due to White's great monies, Joseph Knapp, a lazy man married to Mary, who had a great debt hanging over him. However, White hated Knapp, and wrote him out of his will. However, Knapp had no idea of this and killed White.

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He was born January 19, 1809 in Boston Masachusetts. He was best known for his classic short stories. Examples are Tell Tale Hearts and The fall of the House of Usher. They became classics. He never really got to know his parents. He joined the army in 1827 and also made his first book in that time. He died in mystery on October 7, 1949. Its believed alcholism caused his death. His poems captured manys imaginations around the world.

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Poe was among one of the first writers to propose setting standards which would judge literary works. He created a theory called the "unity of effect" which stated that the author of a short story should construct a tale to fit one overall purpose or effect. This theory was very influential and believed by many writers all over America. Poe also believed that his job as a writing critic was to expose "poor" writing and demand that American writers meet higher standards. Poe's critics were very detailed in that he would point out grammatical errors to illogical reasoning.

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Letters were the main way of writing things. That's why they've found so many letters from him and so little texts from him.

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Edgar Allan Poe's death led to many women claiming parts in his life. One such girl was Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton. She is considered his fiancee at the time of death. He wrote letters to his aunt Muddy saying he'd get married in October. Sarah Whitman, one of his lovers, had a very happy letter-ationship with him, frequently sending him messages through letter. "I can only say to you that had I youth and health and beauty, I would live for you and die with you. Now, were I to allow myself to love you, I could only enjoy a bright brief hour of rapture and die.” is a quote from their most seen letter. He also proposed to her, but the proposal fell apart after he continued to drink although she told him not to.

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“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion”

This is a quote from Poe that is not only true and touching but it also relates to his life. Poe was never really a normal person, in fact he was a pretty crazy man. His works and writing were amazing but they all had some form strangeness, and mystery to them because that just how he is. Without this his works would not be as successful and as beautiful as they are.

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Poe's poem The Raven tells a story about how a raven kept visiting a distraught lover. It also shows the mans journey to insanity. It was published in 1845.

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The poem Annabel Lee is about his deceased lover. It explains that he was deeply in love with Annabel and he is grieving her death. He says he lives in a castle by the ocean and she was buried next to the ocean.