Greatness came with a strong nation and thousands of poems and stories that shaped our nation. ... (Baym, Levine, and Krupat35) Most writers were men and to have a woman even writing poems of their own was brave, but Bradstreet took it further and chose to speak openly about her relationship. ... Edgar Allen Poe took us from common to sense to common horror. ... (The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe) As a short-story writer, Poe was a fascinating man of imagination. ... Edgar Allen Poe was a master of criticism. ...

• Word Count: 902
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Perhaps the most interesting quality of the poem is its simplicity and, in the same way, its complexity. ... Dostoyevsky needed governmental oppression, Poe needed his alcoholism and depression; so it would make sense that Carroll needed drugs to be his conflict. Isn't it interesting that Carroll's poem serves as a warning against the very thing that helped create it. ...

• Word Count: 599
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• Grade Level: High School

Some of my greatest influences of poetry are Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Chet Silverstein. ... The reader has to read in between the lines to understand the poem. ... The first is a poem that I composed for my boyfriend of two years. This poem was a reflection of all we have shared and gone through and our wishes For the future. The only recognition I received for the poem was the happiness that he felt. ...

• Word Count: 772
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Influenced writers of this time include Washington Irving, author of RIP VAN WINKLE; Edgar Allan Poe, author of many masterpieces, such as THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, ELDORADO, ANNABEL LEE, TO HELEN, and THE RAVEN; Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville, author of the famous MOBY DICK. ... Holmes is known for the poem OLD IRONSIDES. ...

• Word Count: 774
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout literary history, critics have discussed the greatest authors of all time. C.S. Lewis, Edgar Allen Poe, and Harper Lee are noteworthy to mention but so are F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Crowned as two of the most iconic American authors, Fitzgerald and Hemingway were rivals du...

• Word Count: 1371
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Here in the plays of William Shakespeare, poems of Edgar Allen Poe, the stories of Jonathan Swift and/or other predominantly male literary forms, that she encountered would she experience her first taste of true literary art. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

The L"Amour family library encompassed some five hundred books, among them the works of Whittier, Lowell, Longfellow, and Poe, as well as popular American and English writers. ... The Novelist's first published story sold to True Gang Life, and a few of his poems were featured in The Farmer's Stockman, an Oklahoma-based magazine. ...

• Word Count: 1689
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School