"It is difficult for us to read that essay without reflecting that if Poe plotted out his poem with such calculation, he might have taken a little more pains over it: the result hardly does credit to the method."My favourite poet is Edgar Allan Poe.He lost both of his parents , both proffesional actors, at the age of 3.His father abandoned his family and his mother died a year after.He was adopted by a wealthy man, John Allen,who sent him to the most prestigous schools in Virginia.He exceled in his studies but was later kicked out of his school as John Allen had owed money and did not repay them.He joined the US millitary but was again forced to leave because of financial difficulties.He then decided to write for a living which was theoratically impossible in the US during that time.However,he proved everybody wrong when his works became famous.is poems are epic and have many emotions in them.His poems and stories are written such that it invokes the reader to continue and ponder over the complicated affairs.They are truly very thoguht-provoking and of high literary standards.Poe died in 1849 and the most peculiar thing was that the last thing he said was "Lord help my poor soul."
Famous poems he wrote :Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827)
Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems (1829)
Poems (1831)
The Raven and Other Poems (1845)
Eureka: A Prose Poem (1848)
I do not want to put down the poems as they are extremely long
References:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/130
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