Edgar Allan Poe was born 1809 and died in 1849 in United States, he is a poet and a a short story writer; some of his works are ‘ The raven’, ‘ The back cat’ and many more. Poe was the origin of the mystery and horror scene, he wrote mysteries including detective stories and dark matter (ghosts, spirits and etc.) He had a very full but short life, which involves West Point the arm and his career in the writing business as a (Editor, writer and poet).

Edgar allan poe was a very controversial writer in his time period, he wrote a variety of poems on topics such as love, death, disparity and so forth. In this writings many of these themes can be related to him personally, many say that in his proms the narrater is suffering form an addictive to either drugs or alcohol; most knowns as opium.  On the other hand, their is a common misunderstanding where readers mix up Poe talking personally or about a fictional character. An example, where most people truly do believe he was referencing himself as the one effected by this theme; he wrote a letter to a woman called Annie Richmond claiming he had used opium has a method of suicide in November 16, 1848. This also tells us that he did to use it regularly as he wasn’t able to take in enough to overdose on the amount, as he fell unconscious early, proving that he was not a continuous user of the drug.  People mostly believe he was a frequent user of drugs through his wild imaginations of a user,  but nobody truly accused him for these action. Although, he was repetitively caught in the act of drinking some say this was even the reasoning behind his death, which is a huge mystery in itself.

• Woodberry, George Edward, “[Notes – Poe and Opium],” The Life of Edgar Allan Poe; Literary and Personal, (1909), Vol II, pp. 428-430.