Edgar Allan Poe was a famous poet. Edgar Allan Poe’s alcohol abuse and life lead to some of his famous poems. This is proven by two short stories “Tell Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat.”
Edgar Allan Poe was a famous American writer born in Massachusetts in 1809. He was an orphan raised by his older brother John Allan. In 1827 Poe started working because he owed money from gambling and drinking. Edgar Allan Poe didn’t like working so he quit his job as a clerk. He went back to Boston and wrote his first book Tamerlane and Other Poems.
Poe enlisted in the army in 1827 and served a two year term. He wrote his s