Poe's tragic life affected his works

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I'm writing a paper on Poe about how tragedy in his life surfaces in his works. I chose "The Raven" as one work because of all the women that died in his life and the effects it had on him. Is there another work that I could use as well that specifically connects events in his life to the subject matter of the work? I would really appreciate all opinions! Thank you

-- Anonymous, November 29, 2003

Answers

look at his poetry becauase it got lots of info about his life. look at "bridal ballad"

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2003

"Annabel Lee" is thought to be of his wife, Virginia. "To Helen" is another poem where you might make a connection to a childhood love.

-- Anonymous, November 30, 2003

The poem "alon" is about his childhood. so i dont know if that help any. but I am doing a term paper on him and I went to the website WWW.Poetryloverspage.com and you can read almost all of his poems there..even if you jsut skim through the poems there area lot of good ones you can use.

-- Anonymous, December 03, 2003

The poem "alone" is about his childhood. so i dont know if that help any. but I am doing a term paper on him and I went to the website WWW.Poetryloverspage.com and you can read almost all of his poems there..even if you jsut skim through the poems there area lot of good ones you can use.

-- Anonymous, December 03, 2003

well i am also writing a paper on poe and what i realized is that all of his poems have something to do with his life experiences. like the bridal ballad that one is about the last women he loved. she was a widow and you can see that in his poem.

-- Anonymous, February 19, 2004


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