The relationships between Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life - mother, stepmother, wives, and paramours - were tenuous at best, disastrous at worst, and yet they provided inspiration and stimulus for some of the finest darkly romantic poems and short stories of the early 19th century.
After losing so much love via the woman, Poe began to idolize women and expressed this in many of his poems. For example, if you read the poems "To Helen" and "Annabel Lee" you can see the usage of celestial and angel imagery throughout the two poems. This effect showing us that Poe thought that the women of his life were better than that of the ordinary woman, and even in some cases better than the angels in Heaven themselves (Grantz, 2001).
One of the themes in several of Poe's work is the loss of a beloved woman. By the time he was 20, Poe had already lost several influential women in his life, and he incorporated the loss into his work. This is shown in his first published work, called "Tamerlane and Other Poems," published anonymously in 1827. The collection included poems Poe wrote as early as age twelve, are heavily influenced by the work of Byron.
Of Poe's entire life "The Raven" is said to be Poe's best known and written work. It is said to have his favorite theme the death of a beautiful women. "The Raven" was first published in the American Review on the first of February, 1845 on pages 143-145. It has also bean published in numerous other literary publications (Grantz, 2001).
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