This is hardly fair--Edgar's poetry is a bit overwrought,while "I do not like them, Sam I am" is an admittedly brilliant line. However, no stories insprire more admiration and dread than Poe's and it is the Halloween season so I guess I have to say, "suck it, Seuss!"
Suess is the more brilliant artist. Poe is a really obvious guy, as in, oh, look, see how smart this story is. Real genius sits back and sticks it tongue out at us. Like the story of the story of the Sneeches.