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May 3, 2024 · Frances Sargent Osgood (1811 – 1850) was one of the most influential American women poets of her time. She was born in Boston to a family of poets together with her brother, sister, and step-sister. Early on, her parents recognized her talent and encouraged her pursuits. Her first poem was published when she was a young teenager.
- Leora Siegel
- 2014
May 9, 2024 · Frances Sargent (Locke) Osgood (1811 - 1850). Poet and wife of Samuel. Place of burial - Mount Auburn Cemetery (Massachusetts). “. . . at a time when he was financially distressed after his wife's death, he was invited through the mediacy of Frances Sargent Osgood, wife of S. S. Osgood, the portrait painter, to lecture at Lowell.
May 14, 2024 · Frances Sargent Osgood was the the subject of a rumor with Edgar Allan Poe. What important event in Poe's life was happening at the time that this rumor was going around? Answer: Virginia Clemm was dying.
May 13, 2024 · Edgar Allan Poe (born January 19, 1809, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 7, 1849, Baltimore, Maryland) was an American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor who is famous for his cultivation of mystery and the macabre. His tale “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841) initiated the modern detective story, and the atmosphere ...
3 days ago · However, others have speculated that the inspiration may have been the poet Frances Sargent Osgood (with whom Poe had been exchanging romantic poems), Sarah Elmira Royster (a childhood sweetheart of Poe's and his fiance at the time of his death), or Sarah Helen Whitman or Sarah Anna Lewis (both of whom had been romantic interests of Poe at ...
5 days ago · Frances Sargent Osgood is the lady from "A Valentine". I made up the name Helen Dinah George, though there is a poem called "To Helen". This Helen's death also inspired Poe to write "Lenore".