Edgar was the inventor of the detective fiction genre and also famous for his poetry like "The Raven", and short stories like "The Tell-Tale Heart". ... Another way that Edgar Allan Poe showed his qualities as a writer was by a popular short story called "The Tell-Tale Heart". ... "Tell-Tale" is about a nameless man who kills an old man for a really strange reason. ... "The Tell-Tale Heart" was an attempt to create an extremely brief piece, also known as a short story. ... "The Tell-Tale Heart" is different and makes us want to cry. ...

• Word Count: 1138
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The first stanza ("STRANGE fits of passion have I known: And I will dare to tell, But in the Lover's ear alone, What once to me befell.") says how the narrator will recite his tale, but only to a lover such as himself. ... He is writing this from the heart and is meant for others experiencing the same situation. ...

• Word Count: 918
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School