Poe's Poems In personal appearance, Edgar Allen Poe was a quiet, shy-looking, but handsome man; he was slightly built, and was five feet, eight inches in height. ... Poe made many contributions to Western Literature. ... Poe developed a theory that he applied to both his short stories and his poems. Its most basic principle was that in short fiction and poetry, the writer should aim at creating a single and total psychological or spiritual effect upon the reader. ... But, with the air of a lord or lady, he perched above my chamber door upon a bust of Pallas (39-40). ...

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