", he moved to New York. Poe found a job in New York as an assistant editor for the Evening Mirror. This was where "The Raven" first appeared on January 29, 1845. The poem immediately caught the imagination of the public and was reprinted all over the country and even abroad in all kinds of newspapers and magazines, but Poe pocketed only a few dollars for his poems. The year of 1845 was a lucky year for Poe. He published a collection of his Tales and an edition of his poems named The Raven and Other Poems. He also became the editor of the weekly Broadway Journal. Poe broke down when Virginia died in January of 1848. In 1849, Poe died in Baltimore. Instead of really living, he took refuge from the physical world in the private world of his dreams-in other words-in the world of his tales....
