Roger, I hope that mentioning a raven will evoke Poe without his having to be named. The retribution is imagined rather than actual.
Andrew, "having" is less vivid than "trapped in," but since both you and Alexandra find the meter of "trapped in" to be less clear, I have switched to it. It may be that no one speaks of eating crow anymore, but I think the audience for metrical verse skews older than average, so they may have no trouble knowing what I mean.
Susan
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