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The erratic subjects and tones of Poe's works encompass not only his despair
resulting from Virginia's death but also the angst of being robbed of a loving
family in his earlier youth. His relations with Mr. Allan proved to be insincere
after Mrs. Allan's death. Poe was left only with the realization that what
scraps of a family he held on to for so long were false securities which led him
nowhere. He struggled to gain favor with his foster father for years before
grasping this concept.
His marriage to Virginia Clemm was an effort to restore a
sense of lost family which only ended in further despair. Clearly these events
created so deep an impact on Poe that his writings reflect a tendency of lonely,
desperate, and erratic tones which parallel the nature of his behaviors. Leave
my loneliness unbroken!- quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my
heart, and take thy form from off my door! Quoth the Raven, Nevermore.' (Frazuh,
Homepage) The standard trademark of Poe's writing is that it evokes disturbing
images and emotions which instill a sense of loneliness. He has the ability to
create a mirror image of himself in every short story and poem. The sadness,
which plagued Poe throughout his life, laid the framework for all of his
writings. Without such a motivation, Poe may have created equally beautiful
works yet they would not have instilled a sense of the life he led so clearly.
They leave behind a photographic image of the man he was.
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