Edgar Allen Poe

             This is written as a speech in which I am Edgar Allen Poe.
             Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
             Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore-
             While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly I heard a tapping,
             As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
             " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, tapping at my chamber door-
             And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
             Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
             So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
             " 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door-
             Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;-
             Presently my soul grew stronger, hesitating then no longer,
             "Sir," said I "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
             But the fact is I was napping and gently you came rapping,
             And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
             That I scarce was sure I heard you" –here I opened wide the door;-
             That was the beginning of my most famous poem, "The Raven." I also wrote The Tell-Tale Heart and "The Pit and the Pendulum." I had a horrible time on this earth and a very short one, but I ended up being known as not only one of the most famous American poets but also the father of the murder mystery. Oh well, I'll start from the beginning.
             I was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. Which would make me 192 years old this year. My parents were itinerant actors, meaning they moved around a lot. I never really knew them because they had both died of tuberculosis by the time I was two.
             I went to live in a foster home with Frances and John Allen. They had no other children and John was a wealthy tobacco merchant. My childhood was the most normal part of my life
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