Poe

¹

[poh]

noun

1. Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.

POE

²

Or P.O.E.

1. port of embarkation.

2. port of entry.

POE

¹

abbreviation

1. military port of embarkation

2. port of entry

Poe

²

/ pəʊ /

noun

1. Edgar Allan. 1809–49, US short-story writer, poet, and critic. Most of his short stories, such as The Fall of the House of Usher (1839) and the Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (1840), are about death, decay, and madness. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841) is regarded as the first modern detective story

Example Sentences

Lips chapped and tempers frayed, and the ceaseless ringing and jingling of the troika bells grew so wearisome, it was like something out of Poe.

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Most recently they had been enjoying a poem called “The Raven,” by Mr. Edgar Allan Poe.

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Don’t expect to see Oscar Isaac reprise his role as hot-shot pilot Poe Dameron in the “Star Wars” franchise any time soon.

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From the 1950s through the ’70s, he elevated schlock to an art form with films like “The Little Shop of Horrors” and his vividly stylized Edgar Allan Poe adaptations starring Vincent Price.

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The pictures show a pallid, hollow-eyed man, resembling Poe, who’s sitting by the fire in his dressing gown when there comes a gentle “rapping, rapping” at the door.

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