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The life of Poe
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Poe's Born
Sweet little Poe is born by his mother, Elizabeth Poe and his father, David Poe Jr. With a big brother named David Poe. This is the begginging of his life and his impact on American Literature.
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Poe parents die
Poes parent die due to tuberculosis Poe and both of his siblings split up to live with differnet people. The death of Poes parents probably had an impact on his writings because his writings are very sad and depressing.
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Poes First Poem
Poe writes his first poem at age 15, "Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest." Poe's first poem impacted his the future of Literature becasue he was inspired by what he could do.
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Poe goes to College
Poe goes to college at University of Virgina to start his career and learn more about poetry.
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Poe quits college
Poe quits college becasue he is in debt by $2,000 and he gets in a fight with his foster father, because his father wouldn't give him money. He moves away to Baltimore with his relatives.
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Poe writes his first book
Poe's first book is published, "Tamerlane and Other Poems". The author is only listed as "A Bostonian." Before he wrote his book he enrolled in the U.S. Army.
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Poe is appointed for US army and published his 2nd book
Poe is appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. A few months later he publishes his second book of poetry, Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems. I bet the milarity made an impact on the writngs of Poe because it changed his outlook on life.
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Poe works at Southern Literary Messanger Magazine
Poe starts working at Southern Literary Messanger Magazine as an editor. He would publish critical reviews of others and his own stories and poems.
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Poe gets married
At the age of 27, Poe gets married to his 13 year old cousin. Marrying Virgina had an impact on Poe's writings and poems because he wrote about raomance.
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Poe publishes his first novel
Poe's first novel, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym", is published.
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Hired as another editor
Poe begins as an editor at Graham's Magazine, where he works until May 1842. The magazine runs Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the first-ever entry in a genre now known as the detective story. Poe started a trend, there are now many detective stories all over the world.
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Poe becomes a Lecturer
Poe becomes a famous lecturer with packed crowds during his lectures.
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Poe dies
Poe dies at the age of 40 from an unknown cause. Poe was a gret infleunce on American literature by starting new genres (detective genre) and by his craetive writings and poems.
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