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January 19 1809 in Boston MA.

•He was the second of three children

•At 3 years old his parents died leaving him an orphan.

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Poe's life was characterized by tragedy and loss

Example from childhood: He had to experience the loss of both his parents at a young age (3 years old)

Example from adulthood: He had to go through the tragedy of losing his first wife to tuberculosis

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After losing both his parents he became an orphan

He was under-supported (by his foster family) so he resorted to gambling.

His first love (Sarah Elmira Royster) married a wealthy man who could provide her a future which Poe seemed incapable of.

During the time Poe's foster father was ignoring him Edgars foster mother died

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After Poe was disowned, he looked for home once more and found it with his older brother Henry. Henry had a drinking problem and unfortunately died from it in 1831. After this Poe wanted to clean up his act and start writing with intent.

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Poe's life was a string of unfortunate events, which may have inspired some of his greatest gothic/romantic writings.

Poe made himself known not only as a superlative author of poetry but also an expert  literary critic.

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we owe a debt of gratitude to his genius and passionate work, we must also keep in mind what torture he had to go through to make his work so vivid.