Question

The speaker of a poem by this author describes “weak lines” that “him who, as he pens them, thrills to think / His spirit is communing with an angel’s.” The subject of that poem, Mary Louise Shew, also inspired a poem by this author about objects that “are neither brute nor human” but (10[1])“Ghouls.” (10[1])This author’s (-5[1])wife Virginia Eliza (10[1])Clemm may have (10[1])inspired (10[2])a “rare and radiant maiden” (10[2])in a (10[1])poem whose speaker (10[1])smells the “foot-falls” (10[1])of (10[1])“Seraphim… (10[1])on the (10[1])tufted floor.” (10[1])This author wrote a poem about objects that keep (10[1])“time, (10[3])/ In a sort (10[1])of Runic (10[2])rhyme” (10[4])and produce (10[1])a (10[1])“tintinnabulation.” (10[11]-5[4])The speaker (10[1])of a poem by this author asks, “is there balm in Gilead?” (10[3])to a creature (10[1])“Perched (-5[1])upon a bust (10[1])of Pallas.” (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of “The Bells,” (10[3])who wrote about Lenore in the poem (10[1])“The Raven.” ■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: Edgar Allan Poe (The first poem is “To Mary Louise (Shew).”)
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