Poetry Monday and Halloween Special!: "The Conqueror Worm" by Edgar Allan Poe

This Halloween, let's do a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Conqueror Worm", first published in 1843 and then incorporated into Poe's short story "Ligeia" when he revised it in 1845.

For the rest of my playlist, click here. Past poems are:

1. "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
2. "The Pulley" by George Herbert
3. "Harmonie du soir" by Charles Baudelaire
4. "Dirge Without Music" by Edna St. Vincent Millay
5. "Clancy of the Overflow" by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
6. "Лотова жена" ("Lotova zhena", "Lot's wife") by Anna Akhmatova
7. "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear

Comments

[Cal Cetín]

So, who's better, Edgar Allen Poe or Stephen King?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56R3hU-fWZY

[Union of Concerned Socks]

This Halloween, let's do a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Conqueror Worm", first published in 1843 and then incorporated into Poe's short story "Ligeia" when he revised it in 1845.

and then made into a movie starring Vincent Price in 1968. Which I saw at a drive in when I was 10 years old, and had nightmares about for years.

[James Pollock]

I believe "The Raven" is traditional for Halloween. Though I prefer "Anabel Lee".

[elizabethjohanson92]

I have heard this story by a friend who suggested I use The Halloween Spot Coupon codes to buy the Halloween costume from an online store. I really liked the outfits there!