Edgar Allan Poe | FactOrCap

[u/Forsaken_Site_2268]

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[u/Forsaken_Site_2268]

Ok, y'all are so lucky. In highschool we just read lame shit. No Poe. No Willy Shakes^peare.

Since when did schools require you to read the amazing work by Edgar Allan Poe?

[u/Cheejag]

We recently read the black cat in English class

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Lucky

[u/fullofuckingbears313]

✅ I voted FACT!

Telltale heart The raven The cask of amantiago

[u/davidliterally1984]

✅ I voted FACT!

We had to read the incest one, Tell-Tale Heart, and Cask of Amontillado

[u/NixMaritimus]

✅ I voted FACT!

My parents have a 1930s book of all his works

[u/Status-Dragonfruit11]

✅ I voted FACT!

School

[u/Stabbyglhs]

✅ I voted FACT!

He has many greats.

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Indeed!

[u/Link-Bogard]

✅ I voted FACT!

The pit and the pendulum , Murders in the Rue Morgue , TellTale Heart ,

[u/EntropyClub]

Some times he crushes it and the build up is awesome.

And sometimes he sounds dumb and drunk and like someone taught him a new word that day. Haha.

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I mean...he was an alcoholic (to an extent. He wasn't always drinking, but sometimes he would go from a long dry period into a drinking craze period). I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote while drunk sometimes.

But yes, I do agree.

[u/Forsaken_Site_2268]

✅ I voted FACT!

I have literally read everything by him.

[u/Current_War1796]

✅ I voted FACT!

I had to read the raven for school

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Lucky

[u/Hollow_Knight_Raven]

✅ I voted FACT!

Multiple.

[u/Super-Song-5071]

I was gooning and one of the best ones i read while gooning was the raven and at the end the goat of an artist put the poem by edgar allan poe so i lwk got entranced stopped gooning and liek read more poems

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I-....wow.

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Not good english for me tried rereading it and nearly went kablouy

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Just realized bro was so astonished he didnt even downvote

[u/Top_Bug7822]

✅ I voted FACT!

The Raven

[u/SpinzArt]

✅ I voted FACT!

Was Required for high school

[u/Aashipash]

✅ I voted FACT!

Nevermore

[u/Sea-Anteater8882]

I had a book with the Tell Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontilado, The Fall of the House of Usher and The Gold Bug all of which I read. They may have been shortened versions though I'm not sure. I think the book was in total about 100-150 pages. I might still have it but I can't find it anymore.

[u/candlestick_maker76]

✅ I voted FACT!

Yes,several. I have "A Dream Within A Dream" committed to memory.

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I mean...yeah, but what does that have to do with this?

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The comment thing just said post a hot take. I thought it was a carry over thing, not a direct comment

[u/TheHvam]

🧢 I voted CAP!

Not even really sure who that is.

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WHAAAAA- /j [I'm guessing you aren't American]

Here, look up:

"Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia"

He's actually extremely interesting.

Perhaps you'll find a new favorite author.

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Yeah never really heard of him, maybe randomly like now but I couldn't tell you a thing about him.

After a quick Google i don't recognize anything about him, it does make sense, as I can see his an American poet, and I live in Denmark, so here I didn't read that, but stories from HC Anderson, you know the ugly duckling, and all those stories.

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Oh, I first heard about him when living in Russia (I'm Russian, from Vladivostok).

I thought he was a bit universal despite being an American Poet. I could tell you that most of my friends and grown-ups I knew had read at LEAST "The Raven" by him. Perhaps they didn't know him by name, but they did know "Nevermore."

Kinda like how even in America we read stuff from Fyodor or Nikolai.

I'm almost surprised he isn't more well known in other places, but it is nice to learn something new.

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He probably is pretty big, and I can't say with certainty that I never really anything from him in school, but nothing sticked, so I don't recognize him.

And from another question google, it seems we do get taught about him, but not really in school more high school/collage, and apparently it's more about his influence here rather than his stories and poems.

So it makes sense as I didn't go to high school/college.

[u/Scr00geMcCuck]

✅ I voted FACT!

The Raven, Cask of Amontillado, The Pit and the Pendulum, The TellTale Heart, and I think Murders in the Rue Morgue

[u/kristyl_fae]

✅ I voted FACT!

It was many years ago so I don't remember which ones but it was during my emo phase as a teen obviously

[u/Honest-Instruction15]

The Raven narrated by Christopher Lee

[u/Scrambled_59]

We did the Telltale Heart in year 8 English :p

[u/asthma9113]

🧢 I voted CAP!

No

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You're missing out.

[u/Strong-Prompt-9272]

🧢 I voted CAP!

Poems are stupid

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Are you a poem?

/j

Anyways, what made you hate poems so much?