Poe

This poet is also credited with parenting two other popular genres: science fiction and the detective story. He began writing poetry as an adolescent. His poem, "To Helen" is a three stanza lyric that has been called one of the most beautiful love poems in the English language.

• Lord Byron

• John Keats

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Rudyard Kipling

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Who was the poet pictured here? She wrote "Hope is a Thing with Feathers".

• Maya Angelou

• Jane Eyre

• Janis Joplin

• Emily Dickenson

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The creator of limerick poetry, this poet wrote short often inappropriate poems of five lines

• Edward Lear

• Rhoald Dahl

• Langston Huhes

• Robert Bisch

This poet wrote mostly in free verse. One of his most well known poems is "Fog".

• Carl Sandburg

• John Keats

• George Orwell

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

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How many siblings did Edgar Allen Poe have?

• 2

• 5

• 1

• 0

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Who were his birth parents?

• David and Elizabeth Poe

• Daniel and Mary Poe

• John and Alice Poe

• Mark and Linda Poe

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Who adopted Edgar when his mother died?

• Mr. and Mrs. George Graham

• Mr. and Mrs. John Allan

• Mr. and Mrs. Clemm

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Where did Poe go to college?

• The University of Boston

• The University of Virginia

• The University of Philadelphia

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Edgar Allan Poe First married his:

• Childhood sweetheart

• Younger cousin

• He never married

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Edgar Allan Poe struggled with alcoholism

• True

• False

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