You know, it's The Raven. It's so good that it still crops up in popular culture all the time. When I read this poem in 8th or 9th grade (ahem) years ago, it floored me. It was fantastic, and I think it's the first time I really appreciated how words could be used together to create the beautiful...
Once upon a midnight dreary,while I pondered, weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volumeof 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 visiter," I muttered,"tapping at my chamber door --Only...
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