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Originally posted by Miss Britt
Not offend, I like Shakespear, But I prefer Poe.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door-
Only this, and nothing more."
I had to shorten it...
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Yeah, Poe is great. Some truly fucked up stuff with him. The problem with him is, though, is that a LOT of his stuff his not so good. I quote a critic whose name eludes me for the moment: "Poe: 20% genius, 80% pure shit." However, he's still read today thanks for some random gems of his. He influenced more artists in France than in America when he was at the height of his career. But when it comes to pure artistic creepiness, you can't go wrong with "Masque of the Red Death", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Fall of the House of Usher", and "The Pit and the Pendulum". :D I make my students read "The Raven" every Halloween.