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- 1. A trailblazer in many genres, Poe's "Eureka: A Prose Poem" is considered to touch on the Big Bang Theory a century before it became popular scientific theory and is said to be one of the earliest examples of this genre.
- 7. Poe created this word to describe the sound of bells.
- 9. Although doctors who attended him spoke to their untruth, rumors of Poe's addiction to this drug ran rampant after his death.
- 10. Besides being spooky, Poe is also known to be one of the first authors to write in this genre with stories like "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter."
- 12. Poe coined this term to describe a form of fiction with even fewer words than a novella.
- 13. Poe is known as the father of this genre.
- 15. This French poet translated many of Poe's poems which inspired the wave of French poets, the Symbolists
- 16. It's a good thing Poe was at home with creepy stuff. He married his cousin. When she was this age.
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- 2. When the collection containing this famous story was released, Poe was paid with 25 copies of the book instead of money.
- 3. This city's NFL team is named after one of Poe's most famous poems.
- 4. After dropping out of the University of Virginia, Poe was appointed to this prestigious military academy where he spent his time writing mocking poems about his supervisors
- 5. Poe died mysteriously at this age.
- 6. It is likely Poe was named after a character in this Shakespearean tragedy.
- 8. This was Poe's wife's name.
- 11. Poe used to write with this animal perched on his shoulder.
- 14. Poe was called this for his scathing reviews of other writers' works