2. EDGAR ALLAN POE try!! Nicholas Lauerman Ninth Grade English

3. Poe? Who was Edgar Allan Poe? What did he do? What impact did he have?

4. Edgar Allan Poe Very Mysterious Person His life Mysterious Death Microsoft clipart 2005

5. What did he do? He wrote the famous Poem “The Raven” Helped create many genres of literature. Provided theories and criticism of literature.

6. The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--- Only this, and nothing more." http://www.gifanimations.com/action/ImageDis play?group=1&category=94&index=2&dir=stay

7. In Review… Poe=influential writer Mysterious Life/Death Famous Poem “The Raven” Influenced everything from NFL team to “The Simpson’s”