What is one of edgar allan poe's lasting legacies?

it is hard to name just one but, one of them was, he was complex and confusing, a true literary genius.

tons of poets could learn alot for him, you could write all your life and be as good as he is.

what one would one would give to be like him!

i wrote a little paragraph dedicated to him and his legacy!:

Poet, literary critic, visionary, inventor of the detective story, master of the macabre — this was Edgar Allan Poe. Recognized as one of the most influential and widely read American authors of the nineteenth century, the writer's work fascinates schoolchildren and scholars alike.

On his two-hundredth birthday, Poe yet lives. His poem, "The Raven," is one of the most memorable in the English language, and his highly original tales, including "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart," continue to amaze and terrify.

the water represents a powerful force, and supports the idea that farquhar cannot escape his fate.

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