Edgar Allan Poe is undoubtedly known as one of the most popular short story writers in the history of American literature. His unique style of writing has influenced numerous short story writers of different cultures throughout the world since the publication of his short stories in the middle of 19th century. And in his stories, first-person narrative point of view is extensively used and that has drawn the interest of a lot of critics. This paper tries to analyze the literary function and narrative effect of first-person narrative in Poe’s masterpieces with necessary sample paragraphs.