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- Every time he wrote he had his Simanese cat on his shoulder
- The American football team the Baltimore Ravens are named in honour of him "The Ravens"
- He was a college dropout
- He married his 13 year old cousin
- He achieved the highest ranking in the military

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In many of Poe's stories, he references his love life, and the loss of his beloved wife Virginia. Some of those are the Raven and Annabel Lee. Some of the similarities of his stories and him are his upbringings, his unfortunate background and his insanity are shown in several of his stories. For example in the Tell Tale Heart, the man is insane and he can relate to that in real life.

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In addition to creating the Gothic horror narrative and the modern detective story, Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as a crucial early predecessor of the science fiction genre.

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Edgar Allan Poe was buried in an Unmarked grave in his grandfathers plot. 11 years later one of his cousins paid for a monument, which was later on destroyed by a train.

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The Raven.
The Raven is meant to symbolize "Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance".

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Suicide, murder, cholera, hypoglycemia, rabies, syphilis, influenza, cholera, and cooping are some of the theories put up as to Poe's cause of death. It is said that he was also under alcohol influence.

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Annabelle Lee. Annabelle Lee is a poem about the death of a young, beautiful, and dearly beloved woman.

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Poe's impact on the Literary world was on so many different immense levels, for example he is still a modern day example of how to establish mood. He started what we know today as Detective fiction. He also gave us some of the most memorable short stories such as The Pit and the Pendulum, The Raven, and The Telltale Heart.

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Poe's last words were "Lord, help my poor soul" on October 7th, 1849.

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"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity."