In this passage, the author quotes Poe to define Read the passage from "Edgar Allan Poe."
"In speaking of my mother you have touched a string to
which my heart fully responds. To have known her is to
be an object of great interest in my eyes. I myself never
knew her and never knew the affection of a father.
Both died (as you may remember) within a few weeks
of each other. I have many occasional dealings with
Adversity—but the want of parental affection has been
the heaviest of my trials."
O a cause of his dark themes
O an effect of his dark themes
o the central idea of his dark themes.
O the relationships in his dark themes.