... " (recited by an actor), Dickinson focused on themes relating to death, eternity, and love, usually in short four-line stanzas. C. Edgar Allan Poe- The short stories and poetry of 19th-century American Edgar Allan Poe reflect the writer's haunting imagination. Poe, one of the earliest masters of short story writing, created the first detective stories. His "The Gold Bug" (1843) tells the tale ... 1936. Her first book of poems, A Street in Bronzeville (1945), was praised by critics as a clear and moving evocation of life in an urban black neighborhood. For the collection Annie Allen (1949...

• Word Count: 1931
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School