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| Day 13 - Edgar Allan Poe  | American Romantic Edgar Allan Poe is best known today for his short stories, but aside from his status as inventor of the modern detective story and horror tale, he was also a poet, balladeer and journalist. | | "Annabel Lee"
Its tripping rhythms have a sing-song effect, like Poe’s more famous poem “The Raven,” and like “The Raven” this poem tells a sad and mysterious tale of doomed love and loss.
| For further reading: Profile of Poe
His early acquaintance with death, military and journalistic careers, acclaim and struggles, and his mysterious death.
| Library: Poems by E.A. Poe
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