Welcome to My Honors English 1 Blog

 Hello and welcome new-comer to my Honors English 1 Blog. My name is Tyler, a freshmen at my current high school, and I will be your host throughout my 2015-2016 school year. Here is where I will post blogs about short stories, grammar, and other lessons I will be learning throughout the year. Most of my posts will be about many well-known writers, such as Edgar Allan Poe and Shakespeare. The great thing about this blog is that I will be able to learn new things and eventually pass it onto you, the reader. Now I will tell you a little bit about myself, as you know my name is Tyler a freshmen at The John Carroll High School. Outside of school I like to play sports or hang out with my friends. This will be a good learning experience for the both of us as we progress through the year. Hope you enjoy, and I will see you in the next post. 

Edgar Allan Poe Biography

Edgar Allan Poe’s was born on January 19^th, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe eventually went onto attend West Point Academy, a famous military academy, but was expelled in 1831. After college Poe married a thirteen year old young lady by the name of Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. I thought this was odd because now it is very abnormal for a twenty-six year old man to marry a thirteen year old man. He published many short stories in his life like "The Raven", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Black Cat", and "Murders in the Rue Morgue". "The Raven" was published in 1845 and the "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Back Cat" were both published in 1843. One of his short stories "Murders in the Rue Morgue" is very popular because it was the first modern detective story. Poe eventually died October 7th, 1849 in Baltimore, Maryland. There are many theories to how Poe died, a couple of them are beating, epilepsy, dipsomania, toxic disorder, diabetes, etc. One of the best theories are that he died of rabies. After his death an unidentified person/people, for over seven decades, paid an annual tribute to Edgar Allan Poe's grave. This person/people are known as the  "Poe Toasters".

All info found on: http://www.poemuseum.org/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
Picture found on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe