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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Poet and the Poem

This is a Poem ‘X’ written by ‘Y’ in 1845. Give me Both.

"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.’

……………… (few paragraphs have been skipped)………..

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately ‘X’ of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more. "

....................(Few more paragraphs follow)...................................

This is a Pop Culture reference of ‘X’ in ‘The Simpsons’

ANSWER

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

the raven by edgar allen poe

Anonymous said...

Edgar Allan Poe

Anonymous said...

The Raven...
Poe

Pinko said...

Poe's The Raven

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Poet and the Poem

This is a Poem ‘X’ written by ‘Y’ in 1845. Give me Both.

"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.’

……………… (few paragraphs have been skipped)………..

Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately ‘X’ of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door -
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door -
Perched, and sat, and nothing more. "

....................(Few more paragraphs follow)...................................

This is a Pop Culture reference of ‘X’ in ‘The Simpsons’

ANSWER

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

the raven by edgar allen poe

Anonymous said...

Edgar Allan Poe

Anonymous said...

The Raven...
Poe

Pinko said...

Poe's The Raven