Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 166
... bastard trochee and the bastard iambus , no one can have any trouble in understanding that many are the is of similar character . It is merely a bolder varia- tion than usual from the routine of trochees , and introduces to the bastard ...
... bastard trochee and the bastard iambus , no one can have any trouble in understanding that many are the is of similar character . It is merely a bolder varia- tion than usual from the routine of trochees , and introduces to the bastard ...
Page 171
... bastard trochee in the trochaic , or the bastard iambus in the iambic . We may as well accent it with the curve of the crescent to the right , and call it a bastard dactyl . A bastard anapaest , whose nature I now need be at no trouble ...
... bastard trochee in the trochaic , or the bastard iambus in the iambic . We may as well accent it with the curve of the crescent to the right , and call it a bastard dactyl . A bastard anapaest , whose nature I now need be at no trouble ...
Page 172
... bastard , spread equally over two syllables , which are accord- ingly the fourth of long . But this fact - the fact ... bastard dactyl , each of the three concluding syllables being the third of long , should be accented with a small 3 ...
... bastard , spread equally over two syllables , which are accord- ingly the fourth of long . But this fact - the fact ... bastard dactyl , each of the three concluding syllables being the third of long , should be accented with a small 3 ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
The Happiest Day the Happiest Hour | 21 |
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