Never legally adopted, Poe took Allan's name for his middle name. ... In 1827 Poe joined the U.S. ... Virginia fought long and hard because of Poe. ... When she died Poe died with her. ... In this stanza the true feelings of Edgar Allen Poe are clearly evident. ...
Humbert uses rhetoric to compare himself to the famous, beloved, poet Edgar Allen Poe. Humbert calls himself Poe, and the name of his first, deceased, lover Annabel Leigh is taken, almost plagiarizingly, from the poem Annabel Lee by Poe. ... This allusion to Poe is supposed to somewhat endear the reader towards Humbert Humbert and show that for a great artist like himself to love a child is normal. ... "Lolita contains numerous parodic allusions to other literary works, especially to Merimee's Carmen and Poe's 'Annabelle Lee'" (40). ...
