Poe by Erinn Devoss https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd Unique Qualities en-us 2016-11-14 19:42:39 UTC 2023-06-10 13:34:53 UTC hello@padlet.com He attended University of Viginia, and had a really big forehead. He also dropped out. He also liked the whiskey. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912000 2016-11-15 20:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912000 The cause of Edgar Allan poe's death is unknown https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912188 2016-11-15 20:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912188 After his death, one of Poe's rivals Rufus Griswold wrote a scathing obituary about him https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912233 2016-11-15 20:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912233 He spent his last two years traveling giving lectures https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912241 2016-11-15 20:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912241 he was some poet guy s108223 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912386 2016-11-15 20:58:12 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912386 The cause of his death is believe to be alcohol poisoning, but it could have also been Rabies https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912409 2016-11-15 20:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912409 The cause of his death is https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912411 2016-11-15 20:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912411 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912461 his parents were actors]]> 2016-11-15 20:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912461 his cat died right after him https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912470 2016-11-15 20:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912470 Poe was the middle child of three. His brother, William Henry Leonard Poe, was also a poet, his sister Rosalie Poe was a teacher of penmanship. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912486 2016-11-15 20:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912486 i think he was a writers https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912558 2016-11-15 20:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912558 He was an orphan and his parents died before the age of 4 s108223 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912568 2016-11-15 20:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912568 He was considered a "mad genius" https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912584 2016-11-15 20:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912584 His masterpiece “The Raven“ made Poe a well-known author in the USA almost overnight. There are stories of children walking behind him on the street and flapping their arms and cawing. He would play along by turning suddenly and saying "Nevermore. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912605 2016-11-15 20:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912605 Edgar gambled away all the money his parents sent him while at the University of Virginia, and got kicked out shortly after https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912700

]]> 2016-11-15 20:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912700 Was the only american poet to write the only poem to have an NFL team named after it. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912732 2016-11-15 20:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912732 He was a very athletic and handsome universal sportsman, holding a record for swimming six miles up the tidal James River in Virginia. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912738 2016-11-15 20:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912738 Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912770 2016-11-15 20:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912770 The famous creepy portrait depicting Poe as a baggy-eyed weirdo was far from what he really looked like. Actually, he was a very athletic and handsome universal sportsman, holding a record for swimming six miles up the tidal James River in Virginia https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912792 2016-11-15 20:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912792 he married his 13 year old cousin when he was 27 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912803

]]> 2016-11-15 20:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912803 only 7 people attended his funeral https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912877 2016-11-15 20:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912877 his father abandoned him when he was very young https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912915 2016-11-15 20:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912915 that was from wiki btw https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912947 2016-11-15 20:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912947 Four days after his wife died he attempted to commit suicide by ingesting opitates https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912954 2016-11-15 20:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912954 The American football team the Baltimore Ravens are named in honor of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem ‘The Raven’. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912981 2016-11-15 20:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137912981 he dropped out of college and was expelled from a different school https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913013 2016-11-15 20:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913013 He moved many times during his lifetime, living alternately in Richmond, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston as well as Scotland and England. His last years, however, were spent in a cottage in Bronx, New York. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913017 2016-11-15 20:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913017 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913039 2016-11-15 21:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913039 He was an orphan and his parents died before he turned 4 s108223 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913058 2016-11-15 21:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913058 his wife, his mom, and his brother all died at age 24 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913081 2016-11-15 21:00:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913081 Edgar Allen Poe's mom died when he was 3 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913090 2016-11-15 21:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913090 In 1827, Poe enlisted in the United States Army using the false name "Edgar A. Perry". He claimed to be 22 years old even though he was just 18. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913179 2016-11-15 21:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913179 Although Poe died relatively young (at the age of 40), he moved many times during his lifetime, living alternately in Richmond, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston as well as Scotland and England. His last years, however, were spent in a cottage in Bronx, New York. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913180 2016-11-15 21:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913180 Considered to be America's first well-known writer, published his first book at 18 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913202 2016-11-15 21:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913202 he died going traveling when he was advised a week earlier not to travel https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913208 2016-11-15 21:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913208 He often wrote with a cat on his shoulder https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913234 2016-11-15 21:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913234 http://www.softschools.com/facts/authors/edgar_allan_poe_facts/1374/ https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913303 2016-11-15 21:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913303 In 1827, Poe enlisted in the United States Army using the false name "Edgar A. Perry". He claimed to be 22 years old even though he was just 18. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913368 2016-11-15 21:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913368 For the Raven poem, Poe originally wanted to use a parrot instead of a raven, but he thought it didn’t evoke the right tone. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913369 2016-11-15 21:01:08 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913369 For decades, every January 19, a bottle of cognac and three roses were left at Poe's original grave marker by an unknown visitor affectionately referred to as the "Poe Toaster". https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913393 2016-11-15 21:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913393 he died 10 days before his wedding https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913416 2016-11-15 21:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913416 Poe is believed to have never signed anything "Edgar Allan Poe." Since the name “Allan“ came from the foster father he didn't get along with, he therefore signed documents with “Edgar A. Poe“, or “E. A. Poe“. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913421 2016-11-15 21:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913421 In 1849, Poe went missing for five days and was found "worse for the wear" and delirious in Baltimore. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913429 2016-11-15 21:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913429 he voted https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913445 2016-11-15 21:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913445 total ladies man https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913458 2016-11-15 21:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913458 There are museums devoted to him in Richmond, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and the Bronx. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913472 2016-11-15 21:01:35 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913472 He showed up on T.V. a century and a half after his death https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913496 2016-11-15 21:01:40 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913496 Written in 1841, his "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" short story has been considered the first modern detective story. Mr. Dupin, the fictional detective of the story, has served as a model for many subsequent fictional detectives including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913527 2016-11-15 21:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913527 The name of the tiger in the life of Pi comes from the name of a character from one of Poe's novel, called "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket." https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913663 2016-11-15 21:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913663 there's a poe museum in virginia https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913746 2016-11-15 21:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913746 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913765 2016-11-15 21:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913765 In 2009, one of the 12 survived copies of Poe's first book “Tamerlane and Other Poems“ was sold at Christie's for $662,500, a record price paid for a work of American literature. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913782 2016-11-15 21:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913782 Bonus Fact! In 1848 after his wife’s death in 1847, Poe attempted to commit suicide by ingesting opiates. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913840 2016-11-15 21:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913840 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913847 Experts and scholars have proposed everything from murder and rabies to dipsomania and carbon monoxide poisoning as the reason for his demise, but to this day the cause of Edgar Allan Poe’s death remains a mystery. Could there be a more befitting legacy?]]> 2016-11-15 21:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913847 his forehead was bigger then Davids ik ik its CRAZY https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913958 2016-11-15 21:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913958 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913963 2016-11-15 21:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913963 Poe attempted to commit suicide by ingesting opiates. Four days later, he sat to take this daguerreotype. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913973 2016-11-15 21:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137913973 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914004
]]> 2016-11-15 21:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914004 Poe got expelled from west point. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914039 2016-11-15 21:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914039 In 1826, Poe registered at the one-year-old University of Virginia to study ancient and modern languages but since his foster father didn’t send him enough money his debts; caused by his gambling, increased and he gave up on the university after a year. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914120 2016-11-15 21:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914120 he couldnt afford to pay his rent https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914137 2016-11-15 21:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914137 Never graduated Collage https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914173 2016-11-15 21:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914173 Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe were pen friends and even met once in Philadelphia when Poe was 34-year-old and Dickens was 31. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914215 2016-11-15 21:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914215 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914283 he married his 13 year old cousin when he was 27 *cough cough* creep *cough cough*]]> 2016-11-15 21:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914283 Poe invented the term “tintinnabulation“ to describe the sound made by the ringing of bells. He first used this word in his poem “The Bells“. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914378 2016-11-15 21:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914378 His mother, wife and brother all died at the same age(24) https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914387 2016-11-15 21:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914387 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914456 2016-11-15 21:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914456 Apart from literature, one of Poe´s favorite hobbies was space and cosmology. His 1848 essay called “Eureka: A Prose Poem“ contained a theory that presaged the Big Bang theory by 80 years. At that time, he considered this work his career masterpiece. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914563 2016-11-15 21:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914563 Only seven people attended Poe’s funeral. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914715 2016-11-15 21:05:50 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914715 s108223 https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914729 2016-11-15 21:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914729 forehead https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914740 2016-11-15 21:05:58 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914740 Poe used several smart techniques to intensify the horror effect of his stories. One of them is “doubling” – when the same thing happens twice or when characters closely mimic each other. An illustrative example is in "The Fall of the House of Usher", when the narrator reads a passage from a book and hears strange noises that correspond to the descriptions in the story. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914753 2016-11-15 21:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914753 Despite difficult times in American publishing, Poe was the first well-known author to try to live by writing alone. Back then, publishers often pirated copies of British works rather than paying for new works from Americans. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914848 2016-11-15 21:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914848 4 days before his death he voted at the polling place on voting day https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914950 2016-11-15 21:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137914950 Poe's hair is a collectible. https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137915373 2016-11-15 21:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/erinn_devoss/5cfd35ng29jd/wish/137915373