Poe

In my opinion Poe's writing comes across as very depressing however meaning something larger. I have read The Raven in elementary school and never dissected it as much as I did in this class. I just saw it as a "oh my gosh why must we read this depressing poem." But I looked a little into the biography of Poe. Why he seemed to be so sad. As a reader, in the word of my English I teacher Dr. Bloland, when the dragon got into my head, it was sad, depressed, hopeless. All you saw was pure agony and defeat. His mother died soon after his father abandoned them, and although a family took him in, he was never format adopted. 

When reading something like that, growing up with both parents in my life I couldn't have been more grateful. He used poetry as a way of life. To disay his emotions. When I used to write, and I didn't have a specific topic, I always chose my mood. How I was feeling.

I do not think that because of the somber mood Poe's writing gives off it would make his writing bad. I think it makes his writing better. You write better when you're writing truly you.