Edgar Allan Poe

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her daughter and his cousin Virginia Clemm, who was not even fourteen at the time. Ten years later she also died of tuberculosis. He dearly loved his wife and after she died his life just went to pieces. In “The Raven”, the character is morning over the death of “Lenore” when a raven visits him. Poe used the raven because it is a bird that feeds on dead flesh – a symbol of death. “Thy God hath lent thee – by these angels he hath sent thee Respite – and Nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!” (The Raven). Lenore is thought of to be a representation of Poe’s deceased wife Virginia. He did not want to get over the loss of his wife. “Leave my loneliness unbroken! – quit they bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take they form from off my door!” (The Raven). In the poem, To My Mother, Poe writes about his own mother taking care of Virginia in heaven and becoming her mother as well. The death and mourning of his wife did, in fact, come out in his writing. Poe is very lonely at this point in his life and misses his wife Virg...