Why did Edgar Allen Poe write "An Enigma","Al Arraaf", "Tamerlane", "Ulalume", " For Annie", " The Conquer worm", and " A Dream within a Dream"?

-- Anonymous, February 22, 2002

Answers

Because of the death of his first wife, the event that shaped who he was and marked his life.

-- Anonymous, January 19, 2004