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March 1827 - March 1829
Edgar managed to make a living on his own in Boston working with among other things a small newspaper. He had brought some earlier manuscripts with him to Boston and handed these over to a printer by the name Calvin F.S. Thomas. It resulted in a forty page booklet entitled \"Tamerlane and other Poems\" said to be written by simply \"A Bostonian\". It consisted of \"Tamerlane\" and nine other much shorter poems most which were written in 1821 to 1822 when Edgar was only twelve to thirteen years old. His youth could be noticed in the poems, especially since the words \"youth\" and \"young\" appeared on a regular notice. The poems were heavily influenced by Byron whom inspired many young American poets at that time. In fact the heroine in \"Tamerlane\", Ada, was named after Byron\'s daughter and similarities with Byron\'s work can for example be seen in:
\"I reach\'d my home -- my home no more\" - From Poe\'s \"Tamerlane\"
\"He entered in the house - his home no more\" - From Byron\'s \"Don Juan\"
In Tamerlane there could also be seen some vague reflection of Edgars own experience with his unhappy courtship of Elmira Royster and his thoughts of Ellis and Allan and his recent break with them.
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