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Poe

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Poe  (p), Edgar Allan 1809-1849.
American writer known especially for his macabre poems, such as "The Raven" (1845), and short stories, including "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839).

POE
abbr.
1. port of embarkation
2. port of entry

Poe [pəʊ]
n
(Biographies / Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) M, US, WRITING: short-story writer, WRITING: poet, WRITING: critic) 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

POE
abbreviation for
1. (Military) Military port of embarkation
2. port of entry
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Noun1.Poe - United States writer and poet (1809-1849)Poe - United States writer and poet (1809-1849)
Translations
POE [ˌpiːəʊˈiː] n abbr
(=port of embarkation) → port m d'embarquement
(=port of entry) → port m de débarquement


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And there it was again, the division of labour, the special knowledge of the pilot and captain which permitted the stout gentleman to read my special knowledge on Poe while they carried him safely from Sausalito to San Francisco.
He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.
I am a good swimmer (though without pretending to rival Byron or Edgar Poe, who were masters of the art), and in that plunge I did not lose my presence of mind.
 
 
 
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