Poe's childhood?

Question

Can any explain to me Poe's Childhood

Answer 1

In Poe's case, there is a great deal of information, but very few verifiable facts. Everything about him is controversial, literally from the place and date of his birth to the exact location and date of his burial. There is no birth certificate, and although Poe seems to have known that he was born in Boston in 1809, most biographies claimed until 1880 that he was born in Baltimore in 1811. Poe himself once even gave 1813 as the date, two years after his mother's death. As for Poe's burial, both October 8 and 9 have been recorded. Since no headstone was placed over Poe's grave when he was buried, some sources have claimed it as to the right of his grandfather, others to the left. Poe himself began this confusion of fact and fancy in his own brief autobiographical note, provided to R. W. Griswold for The Poets and Poetry of America (1842). Among the numerous inaccuracies is the fable that Poe joined the Greeks in their fight for liberty in 1828. (While at West Point, the jokester Poe merrily spread rumors that he was the grandson of Benedict Arnold.)

Was Poe drunk when he was found on the street in Baltimore on October 3, 1849 ? Dr. J. Evans Snodgrass, the man who sent Poe to the hospital in a carriage, said in 1856 and 1867 that Poe was indeed intoxicated. Dr. John J. Moran, however, Poe's attending physician for the final few days of his life, insisted in 1875 and 1883 that Poe had no trace of alcohol in his system and had probably been beaten by thugs. Both of these men, having endured whatever passed as medical training in those days, are equally credible witnesses. Moran has the advantage of having spent more time examining Poe, but he has partially discredited himself by leaving us at least three romanticized and somewhat contradictory accounts. Snodgrass, having left a more coherent account, has generally been accepted by biographers, but he was a radical temperance man and saw in Poe's death a means of persuading others to abandon alcohol entirely. He may have exaggerated his claims to bolster his own moral position. (Indeed, his first article was written for the Woman's Temperance Paper of New York City.) He may also simply have been wrong. Curiously, Snodgrass misquoted Walker's important note describing Poe's condition, changing "a gentleman, rather the worse for wear" first to "deep intoxication" and later to "beastly intoxication." Whichever account you accept depends more on bias and whim than reason.

Although there is no birth certificate, Poe is presumed to have been born as simply Edgar Poe. We can, at least, be certain that "Allan" was not originally part of his name. Neither his father, grandfather nor great-grandfather had middle names, suggesting the form of first and last names only was a sort of family tradition. A curious exception to this apparent pattern was Poe's older brother, William Henry Leonard Poe, with not one but two middle names. Edgar's middle name of "Allan" was added by John and Frances Allan, who took Poe in as an orphan and served as his foster parents. Although Poe was never legally adopted, he became "Edgar Allan Poe" at his christening on January 7, 1812. As a child, ironically, he was generally known at school as "Edgar Allan" or "Master Allan."

It has sometimes been stated that Poe dropped the use of his full middle name following his estrangement from John Allan, about 1827. At best, no matter how appealing and romantic, this notion may be dismissed as unsubstantiated nonsense

Answer 2

properly first, he grow to be youthful.... in the first domicile he occupied as a toddler a raven would tap maddenly at his window. He would get so apprehensive his heart would beat so loud he basically sought alleviation from that sound at any cost... till faster or later his cat named Lenore grow to be got here upon useless on the ravens ft. Poe huddling in a nook watching this grisly scene mumbling repeatedly.... Nevermore... That cat had tormented him for thus long as he ought to keep in suggestions... and then for sure he performed baseball and grow to be often previous using seize the school bus... :)

Answer 3

His dad ran out on his family. His mom died of TB before he was two and then he was adopted by the Allen family and then when he grew older his adoptive mother died of TB also.

Answer 4

Mother was a sl ut, father was a drunk. They died. He went to a cousin, the Allan's. They raised him.