... . Many people saw the triumph of American independence as a divine sign that America and her people were destined for greatness. Greatness came with a strong nation and thousands of poems and stories that shaped our nation. The revolution greatly expressed the heart of the American people; however, it would take another fifty years of development throughout America before it produced the first ... common to sense to common horror. Poe was the master of criticism - he developed his own theory on the mechanics of composition (short story and poetry), he confronted the dark side of human be...

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