weekend, he was invited to go home with him. While there, Poe fell in love with this woman. Poe worshiped this beautiful and sympathetic woman. Her name was Jane Stith Stanard. Poe wrote his famous poem, "To Helen," about her. In this poem, we can clearly see his love for her. "Helen, thy beauty is to me. . . Like those Nicéan lords of yore. . . ."(Poe 62). She died in 1824 of tragic circumstances. This was another instance of death that drastically affected Poe's outlook on life.
             In 1825, Edgar A. Poe fell deeply in love with his fifteen-year old neighbor, Elmira Royster. Around this time Edgar and his foster father, John, were starting to become distant. John Allan did not like Edgar's interest in poetry and literature. Along with his love of literature, his romantic pursuits were against Allan's practical nature. Edgar had been researching and had found evidence of his foster father's infidelity. This put another significant strain on the Allan household. John Allan wrote a letter t
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