You might usually hit the snooze button as soon as you hear the words "Victorian" and "poem" uttered in the same breath. But "Porphyria's Lover" isn't your typical Victorian poem. This is one of the creepiest poems you'll ever read: it's from the point of view of a psychotic murderer, and explores the complex madness of the speaker, but without offering any definitive answer as to his ultimate motivation. Where does the madness come from? Why does he murder his lover? And why, in the final lines, does he gloat that "God has not said a word"? Does that mean that he gets away with it? "Porphyria's Lover" ends with the kind of ambiguity that modern audiences love in horror movies. So even if you're not usually a fan of Victorian poetry, give this one a chance. "Porphyria's Lover" is full of surprises.