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. His mouth was considered beautiful. His eyes, with long dark lashes, were hazel-gray. Poe's brain, on the other hand, worked on a different, more darker, wavelength than others. Poe made many contributions to Western Literature. ...

• Word Count: 2508
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

As a result, the reader alongside the poet is drawn back to the realities of everyday life, picturing the frailty and weakness of man's estate with far more conviction and an overriding sense of grief. ...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate