DREAM OF EDGAR ALLEN POE

dream of edgar allen poe lying down every year on his grave in baltimore with roses and half bottle of cognac

EDGAR ALLEN POE,POET,STORY WRITER,CRITIC,AND MASTERMIND OF PURE POETRY

b.JAN 19,1809,BOSTON,MASS.

d.OCT 7 1849,BALTIMORE,MD.(THIS IS THE DAY POE'S DEATH WAS DISCOVERED)

EDGAR ALLEN POE WAS TAKEN TO ALLEN FAMILY IN RICHMOND,VIRGINIA AND ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.THIS IS WHERE HE STARTED LITERARY JOURNALISM AS EDITOR OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.BUT IT WAS IN PHILADELPHIA AND IN HIS OTHER MAGAZINE,BURTON,S GENTELMAN ,THAT POE STARTED WRITING HIS HORROR STORIES,AND LATER HIS TALES OF CRIMES AND SURVIVALS.

AS POE WAS DISCOVERED BY FRENCH GREAT POETS SUCH AS CHARLES BAUDLAIRE AND STEPHAN MALARME,HIS INFLUENCE ON POETRY AND LITCRIT ALSO APPEARED THERE ON SYMBOLISTS AND THEIR WORKS.POE'S "THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION" IS REGARDED AS A GUIDE OF IMAGERY AND PURE POETRY IN FRANCE.

RAVEN,A WELL KNOWN POEM BY EDGAR ALLEN POE,1845 IS A STORY OF LOST LOVE AND ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR POEMS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.

DEATH AND AFTER DEATH OF POE IS SURROUNDED WITH MYSTERY,AND WHEN I GO BACK TO RICHMOND TO VISIT HIM IN HIS MAIN STREET MUSEUM,I WILL WRITE MORE ABOUT IT,AND ALSO GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO READ RAVEN AND TALK ABOUT IT...

IN VISION OF THE DARK NIGHT

I HAVE DREAMED OF JOY DEPARTED

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