... to close his education there and move to Baltimore, Maryland and enroll in William Burke's school. It was here that Poe met the first woman who would inspire one of his poems. Jane Stith Stanard was the sister of Robert Craig Stanard, one of Poe's classmates at William Burke's. She ended up being the inspiration for "To Helen." In the poem, "To Helen ... with his wife, and he started to become widely recognized as a poet and short story writer. Shortly there after, Poe was visited by the great writer, Charles Dickens, and was inspired to write one of his greatest poems, "The Raven." In ...

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