Manytales00 Wrote:As lullaby's or children's songs go, it's not as bad as Rock-a-bye Baby.More likely, he would be considered an addict. Most of Poe's problems stem from depression, which resulted in serious abuse of alcohol and opiates (often at the same time; never a good idea, despite the popularity of laudanum in that day and age). I doubt he was any more a sociopath than some of the dark poets of modern music.
(Who in their right mind puts a baby, in a cradle, on top of a tree?)
E. A. Poe would be considered a sociopath in this "Modern Age".
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