Tracing history in Edgar Allan Poe’s the coliseum

Edgar Allan Poe is an American Poet is well known with his classic style and variation genre. One of his works is the poem entitled The Coliseum which is created in the 1832. The Coliseum is poem which ever becomes the best poem on some literary contest. This poem tells about the historical evidence that ever take place in Rome exactly in the coliseum building. The thesis writer is interested in know historical events or movement that might have influenced Edgar Allan Poe in writing isThe Coliseum and the thesis writer also wants to knowhow The Coliseumreflects the time in which it was written. Because in This study focuses on the specific events of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Coliseum that used to appear within this poem. The thesis writer uses qualitative descriptive methodto get real and valid information about this poem. In this thesis, the writer uses historical approach to finding the historical evidence through to this poem by the specific time. The thesis writer also finds many related event between the author life and his poem by the content of this poem. Through this approach, the thesis writer concludes that, this poem reflect the historical evidence that ever lead in the coliseum building. It is the building which becomes the symbol of glory time in the ancient Roman Empire. Furthermore, the author tells some evidence through his own word which is in the specific time, specific place and different events that happens in his experience and also is finding the correlation of historical context.