Poe ya canza hankalinsa zuwa rubutun kuma ya shafe shekaru masu zuwa yana aiki don mujallu na wallafe-wallafe da na zamani, ya zama sananne ga salon kansa na sukar adabi. Aikinsa ya tilasta masa ya motsa tsakanin birane da dama, ciki har da Baltimore, Philadelphia, da New York City. Ya auri Virginia Clemm a 1836, dan uwansa mai shekaru 13. A watan Janairun 1845, Poe ya wallafa wakarsa "The Raven" don samun nasara nan take, amma Virginia ta mutu daga tarin fuka shekaru biyu bayan wallafawa. Tambaya: Wanene Poe ya yi aure a ƙarshe?
Virginia Clemm