What is the author's style in Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe?

Poe uses flowery, poetic language to describe his true love. Of her forehead: "it was faultless — how cold indeed that word when applied to a majesty so divine!" Of her skin: "skin rivaling the purest ivory"; her hair: "raven-black, the glossy, the luxuriant and naturally-curling tresses." These are words of a poet, and Poe uses them to show his narrator's awe and reverence toward the object of his affection.