Poems by Edgar Allan Poe  

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This article lists all known poems by American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe, regardless of importance. They are listed alphabetically with the date of their authorship in parentheses.

An Acrostic (1829)

An unpublished 9-line poem written some time around 1829 for Poe's cousin Elizabeth Rebecca Herring. It was first published in Thomas Olliva Mabbott's definitive Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe in 1969. It mentions "Endymion," possibly referring to an 1818 poem by John Keats with that name.

Al Aaraaf (1829)

Alone (1829)

"Alone" is a 22-line poem, originally written in 1829 and left untitled and unpublished during Poe's lifetime. The original manuscript was signed "E. A. Poe" and dated March 17, 1829. In February of that year, Poe's foster mother Frances Allan had died. In September 1875, the poem, which had been in the possession of a family in Baltimore, was published with its title in Scribner's Monthly. The editor, E. L. Didier, also reproduced a facsimile of the manuscript, though he admitted he added the date himself. The poem is now often included in anthologies.

"Alone" is often interpreted as autobiographical, expressing the author's feelings of isolation and inner torment. Poet Daniel Hoffman believed "Alone" was evidence that "Poe really was a haunted man." The poem, however, is an introspective about Poe's youth, written when he was only 20 years old.

Annabel Lee (1849)

The Bells (1848)

Bridal Ballad (1837)

The City in the Sea (1831)

The Coliseum (1833)

First published in an October edition of the Baltimore Sunday Visiter, the poem was also incorporated into Poe's unfinished drama Politian. It refers to Rome as a past glroy that still exists in imagination.

The Conqueror Worm (1843)

(Deep in Earth) (1847)

The Divine Right of Kings (1845)

A Dream (1827)

"A Dream" is a lyric poem that first appeared in Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827. The narrator's "dream of joy departed" causes him to confuse the difference between dream and reality.

A Dream Within A Dream (1849)

Dream-Land (1844)

First published in the June 1844 issue of Graham's Magazine, "Dream-Land" was quickly republished in a June 1845 edition of the Broadway Journal.

Eldorado (1848)

Elizabeth (1829)

Enigma (1833)

An Enigma (1848)

Epigram for Wall Street (1845)

Eulalie (1843)

Evangeline (1848)

Evening Star (1827)

Fairy-Land (1829)

Fanny (1833)

For Annie (1849)

The Happiest Day (1827)

The Haunted Palace (1839)

Hymn (1833)

Imitation (1827)

Impromptu. To Kate Carol (1845)

Israfel (1831)

The Lake — To —— (1827)

Lenore (1843)

A Pæan (1831)

Poetry (1824)

The Raven (1845)

Romance (1829)

Serenade (1833)

Silence (1839)

The Sleeper (1831)

Song (1827)

Sonnet — To Science (1829)

Sonnet — To Zante (1837)

Spirits of the Dead (1827)

Spritual Song (1836)

Stanzas (1827)

Stanzas (1845)

Tamerlane (1827)

To —— (1829)

To —— (1833)

To —— —— (1829)

To F—— (1835)

To F——s S. O——d (1833)

To Helen (1831)

To Helen (1848)

To Isaac Lea (1829)

To M—— (1828)

To M. L. S—— (1847)

To Margaret (1827)

To Marie Louise (1847)

To Miss Louise Olivia Hunter (1847)

To My Mother (1849)

To Octavia (1827)

To One in Paradise (1833)

To The River —— (1828)

Ulalume (1847)

A Valentine (1846)

The Valley of Unrest (1831)

Reference

• Sova, Dawn B. Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z. Checkmark Books, 2001.