Have you ever heard of the fantastic American poet Edgar Allen Poe? He lived in the 1800’s and died at age 40 in 1849. Poe was born in Boston but moved to Virginia after his father left the family and his mother died. He later married his cousin but did not have any kids. Poe always knew he wanted to be a writer even though he tried other things like being in the army. He ended up being a successful poet including three of his most famous poems that I'm going to discuss in this paper are: The Raven, Alone, and Annabelle Lee. The Raven is about a man who is mourning the loss of a woman named Lenore. One evening he hears knocking on his door, but no one is there. Then he hears knocking on his window and when he opens it, there is a black