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In this quote, Poe is referring to the fact that he worked too hard trying to succeed. And when he worked himself too hard, he lost his mind. The book did say that allegedly he did go insane.

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Poe's struggled with alcoholism all his life. When he fell on hard times, he would drink. After his wife's death, he battled depression. Not to mention, the rejection he had from his father. All his life, he never could manage to make decent money or keep a job. He could not support his family and lived in poverty.

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I agree with this book review. I agree that reading the book gave me knowledge on Poe's life and poetry but also what life was like in the 19th century. I know know lots more about life back then. I didn't know that the cost of things was less until after I read the book

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Gr. 6-12. Meltzer, author of several other biographies from this publisher, including Carl Sandburg (1999) and Walt Whitman (2000), now introduces Poe. After a difficult youth, Poe married his cousin and struggled to support his family with a literary career that included creating groundbreaking poetry, short stories, and works in the mystery genre as well as many potboilers. Meltzer's analysis includes perceptive discussions of issues such as Poe's troubled relationship with his foster father and the probable causes and disastrous effects of Poe's alcoholism. More than most other biographers for young people, Meltzer places his subject within the framework of his society. Readers will come away not only with a greater knowledge of Poe's life and accomplishments but also a clearer picture of American life in the first half of the nineteenth century. Back matter includes a chronology, two bibliographies, and information about museums devoted to Poe. Black-and-white reproductions of period paintings, drawings, prints, and documents illustrate this informative biography. Carolyn Phelan
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The main conflict in the book was Poe v.s self.

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This image of the raven represents Poe's most famous poem.The poem is a tale of a student grieving the death of his beloved Lenore, then is visited on a stormy night by a ominous bird, the raven. The symbolic raven can be compared with other literary birds, The Nightingale from John Keats and the Albatross from Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The response to the poem was overwhelming and is now known by most.

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This quote is important because it shows that one of America's greatest writers was insane. It shows that to be a writer and poet, there is no limits. After all Poe delt with in his short lifetime, depression, poverty, tragedy, failure, he still managed to be the writer that is very well known today.

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"While she wavered between life and death it had driven him close to insanity (Meltzer 124)"