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Edgar Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809, the second child of English-born actress Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and actor David Poe Jr.. He had an elder brother William Henry Leonard Poe, and a younger sister Rosalie Poe.
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Poe's sister's name was Rosalie. She was born almost two years after Poe was born.
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Poe's father abandoned his family in 1810, And his mother died a year later from consumption(pulmonary tuberculosis).
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The name of the poem is An Acrostic.
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On May 26th, 1827 Edgar decides to enlist in the army.
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Henry, who was a heavy drinker and may have been an alcoholic, died of tuberculosis.
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The couple often moved to accommodate Poe's employment, living intermittently in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. A few years after their wedding, Poe was involved in a substantial scandal involving Frances Sargent Osgood and Elizabeth F. Ellet. Rumors about amorous improprieties on her husband's part affected Virginia Poe so much that on her deathbed she claimed that Ellet had murdered her.
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordan Pym.
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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque.
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The Raven tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore.
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Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx.
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The cause of his death is unknown and therefore cannot be determined.
