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Like so many aspects of Edgar Allan Poe’s life (including his death), the nature of his marriage to his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Eliza Clemm, is shrouded in mystery. The two first met in 1829, when Clemm was seven years old.
- Freddie Moore
Virginia Eliza Poe (née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was the wife of American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The couple were first cousins and publicly married when Virginia Clemm was 13 and Poe was 27. Biographers disagree as to the nature of the couple's relationship.
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Virginia Clemm Poe. Although Virginia and Edgar Allan Poe’s relationship was very controversial, Virginia inspired much of Poe’s writing, especially after her death.
The six years during which Virginia battled the disease were hard on Poe. “It was the horrible never-ending oscillation between hope & despair which I could not longer have endured without the total loss of reason,” he wrote in a letter the year after Virginia’s death, alluding to her constant cycle of sickness and recovery.
Themes: Love, Relationships. Speaker: A man deeply in love, possible Poe himself. Emotions Evoked: Grief, Love for Her. Poetic Form: Ballad. Time Period: 19th Century. In this dark and hypnotic poem, Poe has a unique way of captivating readers and revealing the cynical nature of the content is masterful. View Poetry + Review Corner.
Jan 30, 2010 · Poe was devastated by her death, though he knew it was coming. Rumors today abound that Poe was so despondent after her death, that he turned to drinking and wrote macabre pieces about the death of beautiful women. In fact, Poe's first macabre work was published before he ever even married Virginia.
Oct 23, 2011 · POE’S WIFE. Edgar Poe's future wife, Virginia Eliza Clemm, was the third child of William Clemm, Jr., and his second wife, the poet's aunt, Maria Poe Clemm. [page 523:] Virginia was born in Baltimore on August 16, 1822, and baptized on November 15, the day her elder sister, Virginia Maria (or Sarah), was buried.
