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1. Edgar Alen Poe was born on January 19th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. The great dark poet died on October 7, 1849.
(all found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_allan_poe)


2. One childhood event that influenced Poe's life immensely was that he was orphaned quite young. Shortly after his father abandoned his family when he was a young boy, his mother passed away. 
(found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_allan_poe_)


3. Five possibilities for Poe's cause of death are: 
         1. Heart Disease
         2. Alcohol Poisoning 
         3. Cholera
         4. Rabies
        5. Epilepsy
(All found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_allan_poe)

6. Edgar Allan Poe was expelled from West Point Military Academy as a young man.
(Found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_allan_poe)




7. Edgar Allan Poe married his cousin, Virginia Clemm, when she was just 13 years old.
(Found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_allan_poe)

8. I studied Poe's life last year in my Language Arts class, so while I am a bit disgusted at this young age and marriage in the family, I am well informed to know that many people at the time had done the same type of thing, and it wasn't a big deal. So, I think that helps me to feel a little less strange about the whole situation.

12. The photo at this URL: http://poestories.com/view.php?photo=42bf37bf0e01e is probably the Poe that I see the most when I envision him and his works of literature. It's probably one of the most famous "photos" of him, which would explain my thoughts. 

14. I signed the guest book under the name Megan G.
(http://poestories.com/guestbook.php)

17. The Poe toaster is a "mystery man" who pays homage to Poe's grave, every year at the anniversary of his birth. The identity of this person has never been revealed.
(prior knowledge)





Last year, around Halloween, my Language Arts teacher did the same unit on Poe and is poetry, so that we knew that our city had such a brilliant writer in its history. I don't know too much else about Edgar Allan Poe, but I do know that he was troubled, even in his brilliance, and he deserves to be honored. I love reading his works of art, even when it's a little late and easy to be spooked.