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Matt: One of his most fun poems, especially to read aloud, is "Bells." It is entirely whimsical, "un-Poe-like." Check it out if you can. Poe for all his reputation as a brooding and reckless character was an incredibly hard-working and precise writer. He simultaneously wrote prose, poems, journalism, criticisms and essays on life and literature. He took himself very seriously (some say that was his problem). But there is no more musical poet, I think.