Too easy for what? I'm not giving away my daughter's hand in marriage to the one suitor who can answer the riddle. The question for me is whether it's a good poem in the voice of darkness, not whether you know it's darkness speaking.
J. Patrick Lewis has a riddle where the answer is "a peacock." The last line of the riddle is "I am your biggest fan." You can only see the humor if you know the answer. So knowing the answer doesn't ruin the poem, it makes the poem. The riddle part is just an enjoyable add-on.
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