Tamerlane (poem)

Tamerlane
by Edgar Allan Poe
Original cover of Tamerlane and Other Poems, in which Tamerlane first appeared
First published inTamerlane and Other Poems
Publication date1827
Lines403 (later trimmed to 223)
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Tamerlane is a poem by Edgar Allan Poe. It is a fictionalized account of the life of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Tamerlane. The poem was first published in the 1827 collection Tamerlane and Other Poems. That collection, with only 50 copies printed, was not credited with the author's real name but by "A Bostonian". The poem's original version was 403 lines but trimmed down to 223 lines for its inclusion in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems.

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