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Spirits of the Dead

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. Poe's father and mother, both professional actors, died before the poet was three years old, and John and Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in Richmond, Virginia. When Poe was 6, he went to school in England for 5 years. He learned Latin and French, as well as math and history. He later returned to school in America and continued his studies. Edgar Allan went to the University of Virginia in 1826. He was 17. Even though John Allan had plenty of money, he only gave Edgar about a third of what he needed. Although Edgar had done well in Latin and French, he started to drink heavily and quickly became in debt. He had to quit school less than a year later. In Spirits of the Dead, Poe introduces the reader to life and death. The spirits of the dead will come to the speaker and surround him and he will be able to communicate with his beloved. The "mystery of mysteries," the communication of the dead with the living, is made possible by his solitude which is a metaphor for the opening of the speaker's soul, a conduit that allows the "mist" to come in, which is a metaphor for the voice of the beloved. Thus, the meaning of the last stanza echoes that of the first as "the breadth of God" is the breeze which carries the message of the dead. You can listen online to free English audiobook “Spirits of the Dead” by Edgar Allan Poe on our website.

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