I like this. The only line that tripped me up was "There I sat engaged in guessing the meaning of each cursed expression". The half-rhyme is fine, but the seco

I like this. The only line that tripped me up was "There I sat engaged in guessing the meaning of each cursed expression". The half-rhyme is fine, but the second half inevitably comes out as "THE meanING of EACH cursed EXP ... What now?" I see how it's supposed to be read, but I just always end up reading it the "wrong" way. Maybe something like "There I sat engaged in guessing values for each cursed expression" would work? I don't know. Anyway, it pretty much made my day. I've always enjoyed The Raven, and it manages to keep very close to the style. I especially like including Underscore. EDIT: Hm... It occurs to me that the submitter might not be the author.