managed it and increased the number of copies from 500 to 3500. Poe left the paper due to poor salary in 1836. In 1837 Poe went to New York City again and wrote “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym” but it didn’t support him financially Poe moved to Philadelphia in 1838 and wrote “Ligeia and “The Haunted Palace”. In “Poe: Poetry and Tales” there are a lot of poems written by Poe. But only some of Poe’s great poems shall be considered. In the poem “Spirits of the dead” was mainly intended for his child Virginia Clemm Poe. The poem is about a version of a death, someone who has an earthly bounded spirit. The death of Virginia affected Poe so much that Poe wasn’t acting the same afterwards. Poe wrote in the point of view as a mourner. The line