"The Raven" is histrionic, over-emotional, over-written, it is purple prose to the very heart of its little drama queen core, and I adore every single word of it. It's just so rhythmic, with a tripping and ever-increasing almost musical pace to it that grabs hold of you and draws you in. I've read it countless times and each time I enjoy it as much as I did the first. Glorious and terrible.