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life span of Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was a famous american writer who had a very tragic and short life. -
father leave the family
his father leave his mother and two other siblings. this will affect how Edgar opinion of men. -
mother dies
Poe mother dies from TB when hi is almost 3.he is sent to foster care with the Allan family. -
first love
at the age of 15 he falls in love with his friends mother and she passes away from brain cancer. -
sent to boarding school
foster mother is sick. foster father is having affairs. he sends him to boarder school with no money. he is very poor. -
foster mother dies
foster mother dies from TB he had a very close relationship with her and was very sad. -
fell in love with his cousin Virginia
after moving in with his aunt he falls in love with his 12 year old 1st cousin. -
marries his cousin Virginia
Poe and his cousin are married when she is almost 13 and he is 26. they have a happy life together. -
virgina gets TB
Poe knows that she will die he they are very poor and he worked his self to death trying to keep her alive. -
Poe published the Raven
he gets paid only 14 dollars for this famous poem. -
his wife dies
this causes him to drink more and he begins to find another women because he is very sad. -
poe dies
Poe is found unconscious on a street Baltimore on Oct 3rd he is not wearing his clothes and seems drug-ed. no one knows what happens to him. he died a few days later in the hospital.