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Friday, March 11, 2011

Poe Wasn't in the Club

Age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
Now that’s Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Hiawatha and Spreading Chestnut tree guy.  The Great Gray Poet.  He looked like this. 



Who could ever be hard on this thoughtful looking, stereotype of a grandfather? Well, Edgar Allan Poe took aim at him regularly.  Poe also picked critical fights with more than a few other poets of his times.  Here’s a recent news article on Poe’s criticism of the New England poets of his day, “Edgar Allan Poe’s case against the Boston literati.”  What do you think of his tone? 

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