Poe

             Edgar Allan Poe was a famous poet throughout the Romanticism age, he was well know for his dark stories, Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. Poe was born with two other children, Henry and Rosalie. By the time Poe was two years old, both of his parents had died. Later he was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Allan, both of whom, made decent money leading to Poe growing up in a fairly well environment. Growing up, Poe had started to face difficulties in his life, with him being in debt and his adoptive parents had shunned him. In 1827 he joined the U.S. Army as a way for his parent to support him and send him money, when this had failed, he started being a nuisance until eventually he was dismissed from the academy. He finally found a break through a job as a newspaper editor for the Southern Literary Messenger. Later on though, he quit the job due to his salary not satisfying him. He continued this for many more years until finally his mysterious death had taken him.

             Now that I have talked about his life, I will talk about his writing. From the pieces I have read, "The Fall of the House of Usher" and his most famous piece, "The Raven" Poe manages to fulfill the the dark entertainment that he is well known for. The Raven, I understood why it was his best piece, reading it and trying to figure out what was going on can be a tad bit confusing, but once you start to piece things together in your head, you understand more and more about what is going on. I wish I could say the same thing for his other piece, "The Fall of the House of Usher" As I read it, I lost interest in it a few paragraphs in, it seemed to drag out a story and then was ended in a way as if he was trying to finish the story and get it over with. Possibly if the story had been shorter, much more thought would've been put into this piece, even with a much better ending than the one it has received. From these two pieces, I am neutral to his writing, if Poe has gotten such great reviews off of everyone else, then I will read more of his pieces to see what makes him a great writer.