Eleonora
Poe- Biographical Critique
Living arrangement.
In the story, the narrator lives with his Aunt and his cousin.
While waiting to attend West Point, Poe lived with his grandmother, aunt and young cousin.
Love
The narrator of the story falls in love with his cousin.
Poe married his cousin, Virginia when he was 27 and she was 13.
Lost love.
Eleonora became sick and died.
Poe's wife, Virginia died 10 days after his birthday.
Loss
After Eleonora's death, the valley isn't as beautiful as it once was. The narrator decides to leave the valley, to move to a strange city.
Poe moved around after his wife's death.
New love
The narrator meets another woman, Ermengard, and marries her.
Poe renewed a boyhood romance with Sarah Royster Shelton and planned to marry her.