Edgar Allen Poe was born at the start of the Romantic Era, which was a time period that swept rational thought aside and introduced a new way of thinking and feeling with an emphasis on emotion. Poe encapsulated raw feelings into his poems and inspired many poets to dive deep into their emotional psyche and create work that would reshape the manner in which people think about death, love, and spirituality. Poe experienced a lot of trauma at a very young age and was orphaned. Moving from one household to the next, Poe began to write prose. During his stay with his Aunt Maria, Edgar met Virginia, his first cousin that was much younger than him. He pursued her until they wed and Edgar expressed a deep love for her. After what seemed to be a happy marriage, Poe suffered yet another tragedy. Virginia was diagnosed with tuberculosis and experienced a great decline in her health. Poe experienced depression over the course of Virginia's illness and remained hopeful until her untimely death. However hopeful, Poe experienced much anguish and began to feel insane as a result of this experience. "He experienced periods of insanity were a place where Poe …show more content…
Despite her passing and the fact that she is underground in a tomb, he will always be at her side and as long as he's living, so is she. This poem conveys a lot of emotion and grief, yet it is still hopeful in that Poe's love for her will sustain him in his life on earth. "For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee; and the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes of the beautiful Annabel lee". Although the world around him has ceased when his late wife passed, it continues to go on with the strength of his love and remembrance of her. As Edgar Allen Poe navigates his life, he faces the harsh realities of feeling isolated and alone, despite his success, and it shines through in his later