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The Tell Tale Toy
Season 5 Episode 544
The alphabet blocks are gathered around the bobble head figure of Edgar Allan Poe - complete with Raven. The alphabet blocks seem to be fascinated by Mr.Poe’s use of language and are clearly intrigued by his words until the night watchmen makes an announcement.
Block a
You are famous for your work of terror. Could you share with us your scariest poem.
Mr. Poe.
That really depends on your opinion - what you believe is scary.
Many people believe my poem The Conqueror Worm is the scariest.
As you probably know, my birth mother was an actress and the stage was very important to her. Some people may not realize it at first but my poem The Conqueror Worm uses the theater as a metaphor for a hopeless death - that we all are ultimately food for worms after we die - so there is no hope.
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