Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 148
... English feet and English lines ; -although in no work with which I am acquainted are these feet correctly given or these lines detailed in anything like their full extent . Yet what has been mentioned is all- if we except the occasional ...
... English feet and English lines ; -although in no work with which I am acquainted are these feet correctly given or these lines detailed in anything like their full extent . Yet what has been mentioned is all- if we except the occasional ...
Page 149
... English grammar ? " our obvious answer is : " The art of speaking and writing the English language correctly , " that is to say , we must use the precise words employed as the definition of English grammar itself . But the object to be ...
... English grammar ? " our obvious answer is : " The art of speaking and writing the English language correctly , " that is to say , we must use the precise words employed as the definition of English grammar itself . But the object to be ...
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... English versification in particular . But the Greek and Latin metres abound in the spondee and pyrrhic - the former consisting of two long syllables , the latter of two short ; and there are innumerable instances of the immediate ...
... English versification in particular . But the Greek and Latin metres abound in the spondee and pyrrhic - the former consisting of two long syllables , the latter of two short ; and there are innumerable instances of the immediate ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
The Happiest Day the Happiest Hour | 21 |
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Aaraaf accented Al Aaraaf ALESSANDRA amid anapaest angels Annabel Lee BALDAZZAR beauty bells beneath bird breath bright caesura CASTIGLIONE catalectic chamber door dactyl death dream dwell Earth Edgar Allan Poe effect equality eternal eyes fair fancy feel feet flowers foot Frances Sargent Osgood Greek happy hast hath heart Heaven hexameter hope hour iambus idea Israfel JACINTA lake LALAGE Ligeia light lines lone long syllable maiden melancholy melody moon never Nevermore night o'er odors passion pleasure Poe's Poems of Edgar poet poetical poetry POLITIAN Prosodies Raven rhyme rhythm Sarah Elmira Royster scansion shadow short syllables skies sleep smile soul sound speak spirit spondee stanza star strange sweet Tamerlane tears thee thine things thou art thought thro throne tion tone trochaic trochee true truth Ulalume verse versification voice wild wind wing word young