Poe struggled to market "The Tell-Tale Heart" because it was " " 14. After threatening Poe from his deathbed and shutting him out of his life, John Allan died. When he realized he was in love, he embarked on his first drinking spree. He ended up in an Edinburgh jail for drunkenness. There, he met two Americans who were visiting Scotland -- Mary Ann Ball and Thomas Dunn English. Impressed by Allan's writing, they hired him to edit their newspaper in London. Allan moved to London in 1815. He quickly made friends with many poets and writers at the time, including Wordsworth, Byron, and Shelley. In 1816, Poe wrote three poems for the anthology "The Museum: A Collection of the Best Poets of England, Ireland, and America". The poems were about drowning victims and are considered premonitions of Poe's own death. In 1817, Allan married Mary Ann Ball. That same year, he became editor of the Baltimore Patriot and Daily Advertiser. However, he was fired from this job after only three months when he was accused of printing an anti-government article. Disillusioned, he quit journalism and started his own business -- publishing books. However, this new career failed too. So, in order to make money, Poe entered into a marriage contract with Virginia O'Reilly.