The quote, "That the wind came out of the cloud, chilling and killing my Annabel Lee  perfectly describes the type of writing Edgar Allan Poe composes in his poetry. Since Poe had a rough childhood, his poems give off a sad mood and they often talk about death. His harsh childhood contributed significantly to the development of his poetry, specifically in the poem Annabel Lee. Poe was born in Boston in 1809. His parents were Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe but they passed away before Poe was even three. As a result, he lived in the household of Frances Keeling Valentine Allan and her husband John Allan, who lived in Richmond, Virginia. Poe was abused by his step father when he was young. When he was older he attended schools in Richmond and eventually went to the University of Virginia, but was forced to leave because of inadequate financial support from his foster parents. Poe then moved back to Boston where he enlisted in the army and published his first collection of poetry, Tamerlane and Other Poems. A year after moving to Boston, Edgar Allan Poe married his cousin, Virginia Clemm. That is when he started to become noticed by the public. Poe received an editorship at The Southern Literary Messenger and became very successful, especially after publishing The Raven. His wife, Virginia Clemm died from tuberculosis in 1847, and two years later, Poe himself had died on October 7, 1849. After his death, people still admired his poems and short stories. He was acknowledged as a major literary figure, a master of the Gothic atmosphere and interior monologue. Today, his poems and stories have influenced literary schools of Symbolism and Surrealism everywhere as well as the popular genres of detective and horror fiction. The  life  of  Edgar  Allan  Poe was filled with tragedies that influenced his poetry. From the very beginning of his career, he loved  writing  poems for the loves of his  life. For example; his poem Annabel