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The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe: An Exploration of His Poetry and Themes

Edgar Allan Poe, a master of the macabre and a pioneer of gothic literature, lived a life marked by tragedy and brilliance. Orphaned as a child, he was adopted by John Allan and faced numerous losses, including the death of his beloved wife, Virginia. These experiences heavily influenced his works, which often explore themes of death, love, and the supernatural. Through literary devices like alliteration, personification, and rhyme, Poe's writing evokes profound emotions. This study delves into how his tumultuous life shaped his poetry, resonating with readers across generations.

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The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe: An Exploration of His Poetry and Themes

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  1. Poe try Edgar Allan Poe By Annie Asdal and Kathleen Ayers

  2. Poe-o-graphy “Man’s real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expected that it soon will be so.” • Parents’ death. • Adopted by John Allan. • 1825 - UVA • Military experience. • 1836 - Married Virginia Clemm. • Virginia’s death. • Poe’s decline in mental health. 1809-1849

  3. Commonalities Themes and Motifs • DEATH • LOVE • BEAUTY • LIFE • SUPERNATURAL

  4. Commonalities Literary Devices • ALLITERATION • PERSONIFICATION • RHYME/RHYTHM • REPETITION

  5. It's All About Life How Poe’s life affects his poetry • Wife died • Unhappy relationship with John Allan • Military = killing/death • Insanity • Never to suffer would never to have been blessed. • Edgar Allan Poe

  6. Literary Criticism What the critics say... • “Unearthly” element • “Horror tales” • “Pre-adolescent” • “Artificial” • “Sardonic cynicism” • “Unemotional” input • “Philosophical”

  7. We Agree: • Unearthly element/horror tales: • Haunted Palace -Conqueror Worm • City in the Sea -- Fairy-Land • Pre-adolescent/artificial -The Raven -The Bells

  8. We Disagree: • Philosophical • Imaginary element overrides reality • Philosophy = search for general understanding of values and reality • Unemotional – it is emotional! • Death and loss • Love Poe’s own Life

  9. Works Cited: Edgar Allan Poe Quotations. April 20, 2004. <www.memorablequotations.com/poe.htm> “Edgar Allan Poe”, DISCovering Authors 3.0. CD-ROM. Gale Group, 1999. “Philosophy”. Merriam- Webster Dictionary Online. April 20, 2004 <http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary>. T.S. Eliot. “Edgar Allan Poe Criticism.” Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Laurie Lanzen Haris. Volume 1. New York: Gale, 1981. Edgar Allan Poe. April 26, 2004. <http://www.online-literature.com/poe/>. Pictures: http://www.decablog.com/trouble/pix.html http://www.travel-watch.com/mario/images/wpe4E6.jpg http://www.photographybyandrew.com/infrared.htm http://www.bath.ac.uk/event/raven.jpg And all my days are trances  And all my nightly dreamsAre where thy dark eye glances  And where thy footstep gleams— To One in Paradise

  10. Works Cited: Edgar Allan Poe Quotations. April 20, 2004. <www.memorablequotations.com/poe.htm> “Edgar Allan Poe”, DISCovering Authors 3.0. CD-ROM. Gale Group, 1999. “Philosophy”. Merriam- Webster Dictionary Online. April 20, 2004 <http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary>. T.S. Eliot. “Edgar Allan Poe Criticism.” Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Laurie Lanzen Haris. Volume 1. New York: Gale, 1981. Edgar Allan Poe. April 26, 2004. <http://www.online-literature.com/poe/>.

  11. Pictures:http://www.decablog.com/trouble/pix.htmlhttp://www.travel-watch.com/mario/images/wpe4E6.jpghttp://www.photographybyandrew.com/infrared.htmhttp://www.bath.ac.uk/event/raven.jpgPictures:http://www.decablog.com/trouble/pix.htmlhttp://www.travel-watch.com/mario/images/wpe4E6.jpghttp://www.photographybyandrew.com/infrared.htmhttp://www.bath.ac.uk/event/raven.jpg That’s All for Now Folks!

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