OT - 7/2/2006-7/4/2006 Puzzle

[Ganchrow]

Yesterday's answer was JUGGERNAUT. Congratulations to the stately MrX (14:11:35), the scholarly Dead Money (18:17:15), and the stouthearted RickySteve (19:22:08).

I think this puzzle will prrove a little more difficult, so I'm going to let it run for at least a couple of days. (By the way feel free to request an explanation once an answer has been posted.)

Name the Poet

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[Ganchrow]

Hint #1: Look at the image after rotating it 90° clockwise. END

[Dead Money]

This is tough.

i figured out one part, but when reading the clue, i cannot come up with anything.

I think the prrove thing is messing me up even more.

[Dead Money]

thought for sure the answer was XXXX


just shoot me

[Dead Money]

Sorry Ganchrow, I must of typed it wrong.


That was brutal. Very difficult.

[Ganchrow]

As Dead Money is the only one to have yet solved this puzzle, here's hint #2: After rotating the puzzle, the shapes should look like a grid of the following letters:<table><tr><td>A</td><td>B</td><td>L</td><td>L</td><td>A</td><td>Y</td><td>O</td><td>F</td><td>U</td><td>H</td><td>A</td><td>A</td><td>V</td><td>C</td><td>E</td></tr><tr><td>T</td><td>A</td><td>O</td><td>D</td><td>D</td><td>O</td><td>I</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>S</td><td>W</td><td>D</td><td>O</td><td>R</td><td>C</td><td>K</td></tr><tr><td>O</td><td>L</td><td>U</td><td>T</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>H</td><td>O</td><td>R</td><td>W</td><td>T</td><td>I</td><td>O</td><td>R</td><td>A</td><td>E</td></tr><tr><td>A</td><td>L</td><td>D</td><td>T</td><td>O</td><td>H</td><td>E</td><td>E</td><td>F</td><td>O</td><td>N</td><td>N</td><td>T</td><td>O</td><td>L</td></tr></table>Reading left to right starting from the top lefthand corner, you should be able to make out a message.
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And hint#3: Reading from left to right from the top lefthand corner the first two words are "ALL YOU".
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[MrX]

Great puzzle, I wish I hadn't needed that third hint. Seems so obvious once you see it.

[Ganchrow]

Well done, X.

Let's try hint #4: Reading left to right the message "all you have to do is work out how to read the font" reveals itself. That message, however, is essentially a red herring. Read the remaining letters from the top down and from left to right and you'll find the title of an 1897 British poem. The author of thet poem is the answer to the puzzle.
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