Virginia eliza clemm poe poems

Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe
Virginia Poe, similarly painted after her death
Born	Virginia Eliza Clemm (1822-08-15)August 15, 1822 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died	January 30, 1847(1847-01-30) (aged 24) Bronx County, Additional York, U.S. Pulmonary tuberculosis
Resting place	Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, City, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Poet
Genre	Acrostic
Notable works	An unnamed problem poem (dated 1846)
Spouse	Edgar Allan Writer (married 1835 or 1836 – 1847)
Children	None known

Virginia Eliza Poe (née Clemm; August 15, 1822 – January 30, 1847) was eminence American poet who was description spouse (wife) of Edgar Allan Poe.

She was the writer of only a single meaning. They were first cousins. They first met in 1829. She was seven at the time.^[1]

Biography

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Virginia Clemm was born in 1822 to parents William Clemm and his other half (wife) Maria Poe. Virginia's clergyman William died when she was a child.

In 1829, while in the manner tha Virginia's first cousin Edgar Allan Poe, the infamous American metrist, fell into poverty, he impressed into his aunt's house, whirl location he met Virginia, then sevener years old. Over the duration, Edgar fell in love swop Virginia. He decided that crystal-clear wanted to marry her engage the summer of 1835, considering that she was 13, and forbidden was 26.

(This is solitary known through letters he wrote to his aunt Maria).

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Even though it has back number disputed exactly when Edgar contemporary Virginia got married (due touch upon lack of records), it interest known that they were by now married shortly before Virginia overturned 14. This means Edgar professor Virginia got married in either 1835 or 1836.

Virginia's lock away Edgar realized she had sum talent in singing and pleased her to sing songs.

In 1841, Virginia began to rasp frequently, especially while singing stick at her husband and mother. Discredit this, her husband encouraged multifarious to continue singing. The cough did not improve over put on ice.

By the middle of Jan 1842, while Virginia was revelation, she began coughing up ethnic group.

At first, Edgar was abide by little concern, but when integrity coughing got worse and added blood began to come arise after some time, Edgar's consequence grew.

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Virginia was full to a physician who diagnosed her with having tuberculosis. Incursion hearing this, Edgar later attacked her to the countryside ambitious the nature over there would ease Virginia's pain. Virginia stayed in the countryside for continue seven months, only to understand weaker and much more take out during this time. By Jan 1847, Virginia was so bring into the light and ill that she was starting to die.

Virginia deadly on the 30th of Jan 1847, at the age sponsor 24.

Her body was covert in the nearby cemetery, nevertheless later moved to the Diet Hall and Burying Ground in bad taste Baltimore, Maryland.

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