Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 102
... raven wandering from the Nightly shore- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore ! ” Quoth the Raven , " Nevermore . " Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly , Though its answer little ...
... raven wandering from the Nightly shore- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore ! ” Quoth the Raven , " Nevermore . " Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly , Though its answer little ...
Page 211
... Raven . " The former is trochaic - the latter is octameter acatalectic , alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse , and terminating with tetrameter catalectic . Less pedantically - the feet ...
... Raven . " The former is trochaic - the latter is octameter acatalectic , alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse , and terminating with tetrameter catalectic . Less pedantically - the feet ...
Page 212
... Raven's seeking admission , and secondly , for the effect of contrast with the ( physical ) serenity within the chamber . I made the bird alight on the bust of Pallas , also for the effect of contrast between the marble and the plumage ...
... Raven's seeking admission , and secondly , for the effect of contrast with the ( physical ) serenity within the chamber . I made the bird alight on the bust of Pallas , also for the effect of contrast between the marble and the plumage ...
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