This one really didn't appeal to me. There's something Goth about it - faux-Medieval - and it seems more constructed than flowing naturally from within. I don't get much of a turn - it's like a film that's all special effects but not enough plot.
I don't think the epigraph is needed - it just seems to get in the way, and the title by itself says enough. As a matter of fact, I think the poem is more effective without the epigraph.
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