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Elmer Jennings

Poe's Raven

The raven was not a person of prolixity
In fact a word sleuth would be in a fixidy
To rely on the verbosity of Poe's friend
For the production of syno- and antonyms
'Then the bird said, 'Nevermore.' '

Prolixity: extended to great unnecessary or tedious length;
long and wordy.

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