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1. Unit 2 Poetry
ProjectAolani Cano
Mr. Jones
Brit Lit – Period 7
November 2016

2. POETRY
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Poesie
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3. Poetry (n.)
-Words that are put together which
may or may not make sense to the
reader, but always signify something
to somebody.

4. Three modern poets who fit my definition of poetry are
Savannah Brown, Rudy Francisco, and Hayley Potter
These poets fit my definition of poetry because these poets put words
together which aren’t significant to everyone, but to others their poems
are meaningful.

5. Another poet whose poems fit my
definition of poetry was born in 1809.
He enlisted in the United States Army
using the false name "Edgar A. Perry“.
When this poet was 26 years old he
married his 13-year-old cousin.
Her death is said to influence his
poems, "Annabel Lee", "The Raven",
or "Ligeia".
This poet is…

7. More on Edgar Allan Poe
• “The Raven“, which is Poe´s most famous, was sold
to The American Review for $9.
• The images of a gothic emo man, so familiar to us
all were not how Edgar Allan Poe really looked.
They were taken in the year of his death, when he
was extremely ill.
• He was actually very athletic he was a champion
long jumper
• The ideas of Poe being an alcoholic and a drug
addict came to us from Poe’s adversary, Rufus
Griswold.
• In real life, Poe’s stern work principle permitted him
slight time to drink. The minor dose of an opiate
(that he took once for an illness) made him so ill
that he swore never to consume it again.

8. He influenced literature
• Edgar Allan Poe caused several variations in the literary
style of his time period.
• Poe not only influenced American literature, but he also
had an impact on international literature.
• He is one of the first writers who developed the genre of
both mystery, fiction, and horror.
• According to Yolanda Wilhelm, "Nearly every important
American writer after Poe shows signs of influence,
especially when working in the gothic mode or with
grotesque humor. The French, Italians, and writers in
Spanish and Portuguese in the Americas acknowledge
and demonstrate their debts to Poe in technique and
vision."

9. “The Great Bad Writer”
- Kevin Jackson, a former writer at Prospect Magazine
“Self-indulgent, vulgar, borderline insane—Edgar Allan Poe was
the most influential American author of the 19th century… Poe
was an unabashed* snob, both social and intellectual—he loved
to pose as an aristocrat—so the thought of being a Halloween
entertainer for the great unwashed rather than an immortal poet
would have stung his would-be-noble heart. His corny image in
modern America would have seemed a kind of damnation to the
poor fellow.”
*unabashed- adj. not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

10. Edgar Allan Poe
•As important as Edgar Allan Poe is, much of
his poetry can seem to be very “emo” and
depressing.
•With poems like The Sleeper and Alone, it
makes the reader question the Poe’s mindset
and his inability to give his poems a happy
ending.
•He obsessed over the horrors of death and
over the death of his wife and mother. His
writings are full of psychological torments of
bloodthirsty men.

11. Despite this criticism….
•The works of Poe intertwines with
the mysterious aspects of life. That
is a rare pleasure that comes with
reading his works. It is a skill which
he used in his works.
•Edgar Allan Poe is still important,
and taught of in many schools
across the globe because how
influential and relevant his works
are.

12. The journalist, for The Strand
Magazine, J.W. Ocker wrote,
“We all get to have our own Poe—the teenager
dozing through English class, the intrepid traveler
with the whole world beneath his shoe soles, the
academic chasing her third degree, the pop culture
fanatic, the writer looking for a voice, the morbidly
inclined, the millionaire software prodigy, the circus
clown escaping from the doldrums of work. Like an
unsolvable mystery, we all get to have our own
personal theory that can never be disproven. And
because we’ll never lose the Edgar Allan Poe in
each of us, Edgar Allan Poe will always be relevant.”

13. In conclusion
• Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor
and literary critic.
• Poe put words together which always signify something
to somebody.
• Although there will always be criticisms made towards
his works Edgar Allan Poe is still one of the most
influential writers, and his writings have made major
impacts in the literary field.
• There’s no telling what present life would be like if Edgar
Allan Poe never existed to influence practically all types
of writings.
• Can you imagine what music, television shows, books,
and/or poems would be like if Poe never exised?

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