Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Collection: The Raven, Annabel Lee, & Other Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe

This Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Collection is the ultimate collection of renowned poet Edgar Allan Poe's best works. Featuring all of Poe’s most famous and beloved poems, such as "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," and "The Bells," this collection is an essential resource for every fan and student of Poe's classic works. With 49 poems in all, this collection is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to explore and appreciate the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe. Every fan and student of Poe's classic works will find this collection to be an essential resource for exploring and appreciating the master's work. Perfect for any fan of classic literature, this Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Collection is an invaluable addition to any library.

While today remembered just as much for his short stories, Poe's first literary love was poetry, and his early verse is among the finest specimens of Romantic literature produced by America during the first half of the nineteenth century. Poe's later work reflected his own maturation as a writer and his development of a more ironically detached voice -- yet one that still tapped into the darkness and pathos of humanity, while displaying remarkable artistic style and achievement. This collection, dedicated to preserving the work of Poe as a Poet, is a must have for lovers not only of Edgar Allan Poe but of great literature and the Western literary canon.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American poet, author, and literary critic. He was best known for his dark and mysterious works of poetry and fiction, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential authors in American literature. His works include "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Poe was a master of the horror, mystery, and suspense genres, and his stories have been adapted into films, television shows, and graphic novels. He is also credited with inventing the modern detective story, paving the way for the popularity of the genre in literature. Poe's work has had a lasting impact on popular culture and has inspired generations of writers and creators. His writing is still studied in classrooms around the world and his legacy lives on in the works of countless authors and filmmakers. Edgar Allan Poe was a true pioneer of the horror genre and will be remembered as one of America's greatest authors.

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108 pages, Paperback

Published August 10, 2021

About the author

The name Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher. This versatile writer’s oeuvre includes short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. He is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and an innovator in the science fiction genre, but he made his living as America’s first great literary critic and theoretician. Poe’s reputation today rests primarily on his tales of terror as well as on his haunting lyric poetry.

Just as the bizarre characters in Poe’s stories have captured the public imagination so too has Poe himself. He is seen as a morbid, mysterious figure lurking in the shadows of moonlit cemeteries or crumbling castles. This is the Poe of legend. But much of what we know about Poe is wrong, the product of a biography written by one of his enemies in an attempt to defame the author’s name.

The real Poe was born to traveling actors in Boston on January 19, 1809. Edgar was the second of three children. His other brother William Henry Leonard Poe would also become a poet before his early death, and Poe’s sister Rosalie Poe would grow up to teach penmanship at a Richmond girls’ school. Within three years of Poe’s birth both of his parents had died, and he was taken in by the wealthy tobacco merchant John Allan and his wife Frances Valentine Allan in Richmond, Virginia while Poe’s siblings went to live with other families. Mr. Allan would rear Poe to be a businessman and a Virginia gentleman, but Poe had dreams of being a writer in emulation of his childhood hero the British poet Lord Byron. Early poetic verses found written in a young Poe’s handwriting on the backs of Allan’s ledger sheets reveal how little interest Poe had in the tobacco business.

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Reviews

[Makenna Stugus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Within the Edgar Allan Poe poetry collection it is fascinating to view the life of Edgar Allan Poe and of how he lived. Much of his poetry had emphasis on love, which was weird to see because many of his short stories describe horrendous events. Of course there was still the ominous aspects of his writing present within the poems, but there was only one real account of death. This death stemmed from the loss of his wife. He describes going to the tomb of where his love laid dead. He also spoke of his love for eyes. This is interesting because one of his most famous short stories, The Tell Tale Heart justified the murder of a man, because the killer thought the man’s eye was out to get him. Through further reading his writings, you can see how important eyes really are to Poe. Sometimes eyes are evil, and sometimes they are beautiful and enthralling. It is all dependent on who the owner of the eye is. The fate of the person in the poem was ultimately dependent on how the eyes were described. Frequently, he would describe his love for a person, and then describe how his lover had pretty eyes. On one account, he described how one of the women he was seeing had eyes as full as the moon. Now, he also described how one’s eyes were ominous, and he also didn’t like this person. Poe is also fascinating in the way he writes his poetry. Many poets focused their writings on nature or things about their present day. But Poe frequently wrote about things that had happened in the past in his life. For instance, he mainly focused on writing about his love interests after the relationship had ended. He emphasized his low points, and he didn’t really describe any high points in the relationships he had. He also seems to write about his experiences from an entirely different point of view. You can’t really tell what he truly wants to say. Of course he published his writings, but there is still something incredibly secretive about his accounts. While reading, I couldn’t tell if he was writing a general poem, or if the poem was describing something from his life. So, essentially, this collection of poetry is entirely up to interpretation.

[Sarah Armstrong · Rating 3 out of 5]

For anyone that wants to read more of Edgar Allen Poe’s poetry, the Edgar Allen Poe Poetry Collection is a great pick. In school, I have read some of his short stories, but I never really got the chance to read his poems, which I feel as though he was more well known for. So, when the opportunity arose, I thought this would be a great pick for a book club.
I have to say, this was an extremely quick read. Just over 100 pages, it contains mostly all of his most known poems, split up into three sections: Poems of Later Life, Poems of Manhood, and ending with Poems of Youth. If I put my mind to it, I definitely could have read the entirety of it in just one day. But, I wanted to make it last as long as I could throughout the reading time given during class.
After reading the book, I found my favorite poems to be Israfel, Annabell Lee, and Eulalie, but I did like a lot of them. Edgar Allen Poe expressed a great deal of love through these poems in the book, which I found to be interesting. I haven’t ever read works from a romantic in his time period before, so the whole book was a new experience for me.
I did, however, find that some poems were not fit to my personal taste. There were a couple that were extremely long, and I just found myself forgetting what the meanings of them were. Also, Poe used a lot of foreign words that I did not understand. So, I typically ended up not reading all of every poem, because I would get confused at many parts.
Overall, I definitely would recommend this book for anyone interested in the poetry side of Poe. If one is looking for more of his short story side, though, I would look for a different pick, because this one is all poetry.

[Gab · Rating 5 out of 5]

Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry collection was filled with riveting, complicated, and overall enthralling short stories and poems. I was always a fan of Poe’s because of his short stories that I had read in school. Most of his stories were tales of either betrayal, death, or overall hardships in life. I had always assumed that his poems would have the same themes, I was only partially correct. Most of his poems do carry the same theme, some are also about love and nature which I enjoyed reading amid the dark and gloomy storm that is Edgar Allan Poe. Throughout my reading, I also noted many poems that I now consider to be some of my favorites. Case and point with “Ulalume” and “For Annie”. Ulalumer tells the tale of a man in tremendous grief due to losing the love of his life “Ulalume”. It explores the extent of grief and depression that follows after the loss of a loved one. Unlike most of his poems “Ulalume” focuses a lot on sound which immerses the reader into the story and creates a very melancholy and depressing tone. The highlight of this book was most definitely “Ulalume” and in a close second comes “ For Annie”. This poem has a very interesting point on life and the very idea of death and living. In this poem, Poe describes death as a cure to life and a very calm and wanted process whereas living is the illness and disease that need to be treated. This very idea makes a person overthink, and analyze their life in a whole new way. I thoroughly enjoyed the point of view and ideas Poe brought up throughout this poem. Although most of this book was composed of poetry there were also a few short stories such as “ the Raven”. “The Raven” is a thrilling read but only after the reading itself. “ The raven” utilizes supernatural elements such as a talking bird in order to explain a man's fall into madness after losing the love of his life, Lenore. The theme is similar to “Ulalume” but is explained in a much different manner, which I enjoyed. The thrill of the read is just analyzing and trying to understand the unnamed narrator’s motive and mental stability. Overall the “Edgar Allan Poe Poetry Collection” contains a variety of poems from Poe as well as contrasting themes and storytelling aspects which makes it so enthralling and interesting to read.