Edgar Allen Poe
This is written as a speech in which I am Edgar Allen 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 I heard a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “ ‘Tis some visitor,” I muttered, tapping at my chamber door- And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me- filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating “ ‘Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;- Presently my soul grew stronger, hesitating then no longer, “Sir,” said I “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping and gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you” –here I opened wide the do
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Approximate Word count = 706
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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