Edgar Allan Poe Poems

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Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a></div><span class='hidden-xs'>   –   </span><div><a href="/poets-by-country/United States"><span class="f32 flag-area rc4"><span class="flag no-margin us" title="United States"></span></span></a> · <b><a href="/poets-by-birth-year/1849">1849</a></b> · <a href="/poets-by-birthplace/Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a></div></div> </div> <p class="author hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg"><a href="/poet/Edgar+Allan+Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a></p> <div class="hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg"><div class="countries-area small"><div><a href="/poets-by-country/United States"><span class="f32 flag-area rc4"><span class="flag no-margin us" title="United States"></span></span></a> · <b><a href="/poets-by-birth-year/1809">1809</a></b> · <a href="/poets-by-birthplace/Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a></div><span class='hidden-xs'>   –   </span><div><a href="/poets-by-country/United States"><span class="f32 flag-area rc4"><span class="flag 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fa-eye"></i> 8,561 Views</span><div class="p-added">added by <strong>anonymous</strong><br>13 years ago</div></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="8472" data-title="the-raven" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam"><h5 class="flex-title"><a href="/poem/8461/the-bells">The Bells</a></h5><ul class="genres-list"><li><a href="genre/Celebration">Celebration</a></li><li><a href="genre/Life">Life</a></li><li><a href="genre/Love">Love</a></li><li><a href="genre/Melancholy">Melancholy</a></li><li><a href="genre/Nature">Nature</a></li></ul></td><td class="tal vam bl"><span style="color:#555;"><i class="far fa-eye"></i> 5,831 Views</span><div class="p-added">added by <strong>anonymous</strong><br>13 years ago</div></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="8461" data-title="the-bells" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam"><h5 class="flex-title"><a href="/poem/8431/annabel-lee">Annabel Lee</a></h5><ul class="genres-list"><li><a href="genre/Life">Life</a></li><li><a href="genre/Love">Love</a></li><li><a href="genre/Nature">Nature</a></li></ul></td><td class="tal vam bl"><span style="color:#555;"><i class="far fa-eye"></i> 3,858 Views</span><div class="p-added">added by <strong>anonymous</strong><br>13 years ago</div></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="8431" data-title="annabel-lee" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span 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class="genres-list"><li><a href="genre/Love">Love</a></li></ul></td><td class="tal vam bl"><span style="color:#555;"><i class="far fa-eye"></i> 2,440 Views</span><div class="p-added">added by <strong>anonymous</strong><br>13 years ago</div></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="8424" data-title="a-dream-within-a-dream" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam"><h5 class="flex-title"><a href="/poem/8450/lenore">Lenore</a></h5><ul class="genres-list"><li><a href="genre/Celebration">Celebration</a></li><li><a href="genre/Childhood">Childhood</a></li><li><a href="genre/Death">Death</a></li><li><a href="genre/Life">Life</a></li><li><a href="genre/Love">Love</a></li><li><a href="genre/Nature">Nature</a></li><li><a href="genre/Religion">Religion</a></li></ul></td><td class="tal vam bl"><span style="color:#555;"><i class="far fa-eye"></i> 1,356 Views</span><div class="p-added">added by <strong>anonymous</strong><br>13 years ago</div></td><td class="tal vam rt nowrap"><span class="rank-poem-prefix">Rate it</span><br><span class="sc rate-stars vote-allowed" title="rate it" data-pid="8450" data-title="lenore" data-guest="1"><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span><span class="sf"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tal vam"><h5 class="flex-title"><a href="/poem/8458/spirits-of-the-dead">Spirits Of The Dead</a></h5><ul class="genres-list"><li><a href="genre/Death">Death</a></li><li><a href="genre/Life">Life</a></li><li><a href="genre/Melancholy">Melancholy</a></li><li><a href="genre/Nature">Nature</a></li></ul></td><td class="tal vam bl"><span style="color:#555;"><i class="far fa-eye"></i> 1,314 Views</span><div class="p-added">added by 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title="shambhavi_m"><img src="https://static.stands4.com/images/user/380908" title="shambhavi_m" alt="shambhavi_m" loading="lazy" /></a></div></div><div class="col-xs-10 col-sm-11"><div class="cmt-user"><a href="/user/380908/shambhavi_m" target="_blank" title="shambhavi_m">shambhavi_m</a></div><div class="cmt-comment"><div class="cmt-message">poe has a style unlike any other-- with just enough disconcerntion in his words to keep you on the precipice as you read his poems (or short stories), but also just enough curiosity that compels you to <span id="cmt-more-150777" class="collapse cmt-collapse">keep going.</span> <a class="cmt-more-link" data-toggle="collapse" href="#cmt-more-150777" role="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="cmt-more-150777">more »</a></div></div><div class="cmt-actions"><span><span class="cmt-like">Like</span></span><span><span class="cmt-reply" title="Reply">Reply</span></span><span><span title="Report as spam" data-toggle="modal" 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Very sad atmosphere. A journalist dealing in daily soup, who so much wanted to display in literature the haunting or surprising turns in living. His sik abd declining wife in the next room.<br><span id="cmt-more-110595" class="collapse cmt-collapse"><br>Never forgot the one about the black house cat who got bricked up behind the makeshift wall hiding a corpse. Cops eventually heard the cat’s cries. 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