Edgar Allen Poe Reflection

       

          Edgar Allen Poe is a well known writer across the world, known mostly for his dark stories that give us shivers when when we read. Still some facts about his life are still a mystery to us and yet to be discovered. Some of his pieces are "The Tell Tale Heart", "The Raven", "The Cask of Amontillado" and much more! In class we just finished reading "The Tell Tale Heart", it was very interesting and I can't wait to read more by Poe. If you have never read any stories by him I suggest that you do so.

          Over the past week I have learned tons of new and exciting things about Edgar Allen Poe that I never knew before. Though I did not know much to start out, but what I did know was that no one knows the true reason for his death, the mystery is still a question upon readers of Poe's works. I also knew that he wrote poetry (his name is in his type of writing) and short stories. These thoughts that I already knew changed throughout my research because I learned different possible ways he could have died. Over all, my opinions changed through out my research on Poe this year.

          After my research I had to think about how his life was like back then, and how it could have affected his actions. First, I think that Poe's style of writing is based on his grim life and the sadness that he had to overcome. In my opinion I don't think that anyone would write stuff that dark unless they had similar personal experiences to inspire them to write these things. Also, the early 1900's were a lot different from now because our lifestyle has changed so much! First we have advanced technology and back then they didn't, because of this is, it is so much easier to write now then in the early 1900's. So, I believe that the time Poe lived in, gravely affected his writing that we now enjoy today!

 - Emily






This is a portrait of Edgar Allen Poe
so you can see what he looks like.