Poe vs. Irving

    I am definitely Team Poe and not Team Irving.  I believe that Poe had a better writing style and could write more to manipulate the human mind.  He knew how to almost control peoples thoughts by creating vivid mental images and tugging at our emotions.  It almost feels like you are in the stories.  I believe that Poe also had much more diverse writing, like horror stories, mysteries, and poems.  All of his stories almost sound poetic, too.  He uses so many literary elements in all of his works.  He uses so many great sounding words that fit well and even sound scary.  His works are sometimes difficult to read, but even if you do not understand all the words you still get the idea and are still captured by the story.  Poe's stories actually interested me, while Irving's did not.