Write five (5) interesting facts about Poe. How do you think each of these unique pieces of information impacted Poe's writing?

Five interesting things about Mr. Poe are at three years old he was orphaned, he was the first person to actually use the term short story, he married his 13 year old cousin, he basically invented detective story telling as well as helped shape both the science fiction genre and psychological horror, his cause of death is still unknown to this day. The fact that he was orphaned at the age of three probably had a huge impact on Mr. Poe's life. The fact that he married his 13 year old cousin is pretty weird, and probably points to the fact that everything wasn't exactly right in his head.

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