First Read Edgar Allen Poe

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I read Poe for the first time for an assignment in middle school. It was The Tell-Tale Heart, I believe. Back then, I liked it so much that I read more of his work. As a teenager, I loved dark pieces of fiction.
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I love Poe. I used to teach Poe in the fall around Halloween because it was just so much fun. I suppose it's bad that I used to read The Raven to my kids before bed.?!?
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Valerie_Joy wrote:The first thing I read by Edgar Allen Poe was Annabel Lee. I love this poem, and I love how he makes it rhyme. The story line behind it is really deep. I just love how he wrote it.
I completely agree. It's poetic rhythm is beautifully melodic. "Annabel Lee" has always been my favorite...it is the epitome of romantic, a forbidden love that transcends even death. Haunting, lovely, and filled with the anguish of heartbreak.
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Poe has always fascinated me since the first time I got hold of his short stories. I recalled during my teens how the narrative of the Cask of Amontillado thrilled me not to leave it till I finished. Then the "Gold Bug" initiated me into liking the James Bond novels of Ian Fleming. As I progressed to Poetry, the poem about "Lenore" inspired me to write one of my own, along the lines of this master..... Shyrene, a poem.
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Thank you, Nathrad, for that analysis of The Raven, good work
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Poe inspired this:

Shyrene

Once upon my nocturne sorrow,
As I delineate the morrow,
Of a dream dazzling in the night,
But fizzled in the morning light,
Such that when waves swept me ocean
Of glum, beneath skies, cerulean,
My memory held so serene,
The fairest woodland nymph, Shyrene;

When queer apparition, wandered,
Seems my sanity, it squandered,
As gaily danced on my window,
A pallid dew and a rainbow,
Through the night, and half my bottle,
All my memories they baffle,
Except one that I held serene,
That of my woodland nymph, Shyrene;

Now my last drop of oblivion,
In this outpouring of passion,
To the sea of nepenthe borne,
With flotsam that the storm has torn,
With the advancing squall, raging,
And the seething swell, rampaging,
Plays in my memory serene,
My fairest woodland nymph, Shyrene.
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I love "The Black Cat". I need to go buy all his work someday. Hopefully they have a book with all his writing together.
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Tell Tale Heart was my Edgar Allen Poe and made me terrified of the thought of being buried alive. Long before I ever saw it played out on television.
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The Bells, I think. That's the first work I read by Edgar Allan Poe back when I was in my second year in high school. We had to memorize it for our English teacher. And since then some of the lines are still stuck in my mind.
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It's better if you try and figure it out by yourself. If you honestly have a hard time, then just search it up on the internet. However, just read some hints. I don't suggest reading the whole explanation.
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I teach 8th grade English and “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a great introduction to Poe for students. It’s a concise story that really shows Poe’s writing style. My students are always so intrigued by the mental state of the narrator and how ludicrous his actions are. It’s a great story to discuss mood and point of view.

I love Poe’s detective stories as well and feel they don’t always get enough attention. In “The Murders of the Rue Morgue”, you can see how Poe’s writing and his character Dupin must have influenced future great detective writers such as Doyle and Christie.
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Like many, I believe, the first thing I read by Edgar Allen Poe was The Tell Tale Heart in fifth grade. I'll be completely honest here, I hated it. I thought it was creepy and horrible. I'm still not Poe's biggest fan, though as I've gotten older I've progressed into appreciating him for his creative works. They're definitely very original, in my opinion, and he's a good writer even if I'm not in love with that particular genre.
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The first poem by Edgar Allen Poe I read was Annabel Lee.. I was writing a lot of dark poetry and a friend told me about him and shared it with me.

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
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My first read of Edgar Poe was The Raven. . It was a bit scary and also hard to decipher.
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I don't remember much, as it has been over a decade since I last read any of his material. Although, I do recall reading Edgar Allen Poe back in grade school, and between this man and Stephen King, is the reason I fell in love with reading. They are two of the greatest writers in my opinion.
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