What were Edgar Allan Poe's hobbies?

Answer 1

He may not have gotten along with his foster father, John Allan, but the quality education he was able to receive helped him in many ways.

• Of course, he liked to read.
• He was a good linguist who had an excellent grasp of the English language, but he also knew other languages quite well.
• He had an interest in cosmology, and his work 'Eureka: A Prose Poem' shows some ideas ahead of their time that have only recently begun to be appreciated.
• He had an interest in cryptography shown in 'The Gold Bug,' but he also solved the cryptograms sent in by readers of some of the publications he edited.
• He was a very good swimmer in his younger days.
• He was also a bit of a practical joker, and he like to spread rumors about himself to keep his acquaintances off their guard.

Answer 2

Poe excelled at swimming and competed in the broad jump event. He was a very good athlete in school and college.
Poe excelled at swimming and competed in the broad jump event. He was a very good athlete in school and college.

Answer 3

Yes in his college years he was... I'm still looking more for myself but i do know he was in track that or a javelin througher , or both.

Poe competed very well in the broad jumnp in school. In addition he was a good swimmer. Once he swam upriver in the James River for six miles with his coach following him in a boat.

Answer 4

Remember, Poe was in England from age 6 to age 11, and he would have had the opportunity to participate in sports there as well. Also, the US in the early 1800s was heavily influenced by European sports because many of the people in the US were born in Europe including Poe's own mother and foster father. The sports at the time included: cricket, Field Hockey, rugby, soccer (football), swimming, and some forms of Track and Field. Formalized American football, baseball, Basketball, and ice hockey were all unknown at that time.

Answer 5

Edgar Allan Poe's hobbies included writing poetry and short stories, reading literature, and studying different languages and cultures. He was also known to enjoy playing Chess and solving puzzles.

Answer 6

Poe was a swimmer. At the University of Virginia, he once swam for six miles in the James River with a coach following him in a boat.

Answer 7

Poe was an excellent swimmer. He once swam six miles up the James River in Virginia while his coach followed him in a small boat.

Answer 8

Poe may have played soccer (aka football) or Rugby, but American football was not even invented until after Poe died.

Answer 9

Poe was a very good swimmer. When he was 15, he swam over 7 miles upstream and continued to swim in adulthood. He also liked to take long walks.

Answer 10

poetry