He did not choose to stay for a long time period because his grandparents refused to send him any money. It was never determined, but everyone has assumed that Edgar broke the rules on purpose and ignored his duties so he would be dismissed from the army. Despite all of the many trials he faced as an adult, the mystery surrounding his death has lead to many myths. He passed away on October 7, 1849 at the young age of forty. No one has knowledge about what really happened to him for sure. Did he die from alcoholism? Was he shot? Did he die from a sickness? There is not, and never will be, a true answer.
The way Edgar's life affected him was very noticeable in all of his works. Despite all his interesting work, some people still wonder what he did to get so famous. In 1846, Edgar Allan Poe wrote an essay called "The Philosophy of Composition". In this essay, he explained his writing method which was something that he called the "unity of effect" (eapoe.org). Also, Poe believed that the most poetic topic was the death of beautiful women. This topic lead to developing the narrators madness when he was faced with the reality of his love Lenore dying being gone forever. Later, he wrote his most popular poem "The Raven" in hopes that the result would be a creepy poem that is very clear of the symbolism he wanted to use. "The Raven" was one of his most popular poems that he wrote and was published in 1845. In this poem of his, he reflected a lot of his life and what he has been through into it. He writes and vents his pain through the poem while he was mourning the death of his wife, Virginia. Virginia was dying of tuberculosis. "The Raven" is thought to reflect on Poe's life and how crushed he will feel after Virginia will die, which is why the tone is full of intense sadness. This poem represents his sorrow by telling the audience that "the lost Lenore", referring to Virginia, is not at peace in her afterlife and that his sorrowness will never go away.
