Edgar Allan Poe entered the world on January 19, 1809. He was the son of two unloving parents: David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Poe. The Poe family resided in Boston, Massachusetts. His unfit parents were in the acting business and did not have enough time to devote love and affection to young Edgar. At the age of three, Edgar lost his father and later his mother. David walked out on the family, leaving Elizabeth to take care of Edgar on her own. She could not handle the stress of being a single mother and passed away shortly after. John and Frances Allan unofficially adopted Edgar and raised him as their own. They brought him back to their home in Richmond, Virginia. Edgar never got along well with the Allans. His horrible years with his birth parents scarred him for life, making him believe no one could ever love him.
             In 1815, the Allans moved to England. While there Poe was educated at the Manor House School. He graduated in 1819 and returned to Richmond the following year. Six years later, Poe enrolled in the University of Virginia. He soon dropped out of school when his gambling debts overwhelmed him. He asked Allen to pay them off, but he refused. Poe had done this to him before. Poe went back to Boston for four years before enlisting in West Point Academy. At West Point, Poe majored in Foreign languages. While he did well on an academic level, Poe did not feel as though he had to complete his required duties. For this, he was expelled. He next enlisted in the US Army as Edgar A. Perry. He achieved the title of Regiment Sergeant Major. Right before Poe enlisted in the army, his first set of poems were published: Tamerlane and Other Poems, By a Bostonian. Two years later, Poe published the second volume: Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems.
             Since Poe and Allan had grown so far apart, Poe had nowhere to go. He moved in with his aunt Maria Clemm. Soon after, he married Maria's daughter Virginia. Virginia was only 13 at ...