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To: Tijeras_Slim

A lot of people don’t realize that Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “To Helen” wasn’t about Helen of Troy, but rather about a woman he had dated, I think her last name was Back.


7 posted on 03/24/2014 1:10:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Purely chronological, I was thinking “Thomas”.


10 posted on 03/24/2014 1:14:37 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: SunkenCiv
“To Helen” wasn’t about Helen of Troy, but rather about a woman he had dated,...

The first reference I came across stated that Helen was the mother of his boyhood chum.

While Poe was always a bit strange, having a crush on an older woman as a teenager isn't all that atypical, especially given Poe's chaotic upbringing.

18 posted on 03/24/2014 1:54:20 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: SunkenCiv

To Hel en Back?


20 posted on 03/24/2014 2:01:43 PM PDT by 353FMG
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