Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 161
... course , there must be no blending . Each syllable must be pronounced as distinctly as possible ( or the variation is lost ) , but with twice the rapidity in which the ordinary syllable is enunciated . That the syllables elais ' ea do ...
... course , there must be no blending . Each syllable must be pronounced as distinctly as possible ( or the variation is lost ) , but with twice the rapidity in which the ordinary syllable is enunciated . That the syllables elais ' ea do ...
Page 163
... course was found to be Headlong hitherward o'er the starry sea . In the " general proposition " above , I speak of the occasional intro- duction of equivalent feet . It sometimes happens that unskilful versi- fiers , without knowing ...
... course was found to be Headlong hitherward o'er the starry sea . In the " general proposition " above , I speak of the occasional intro- duction of equivalent feet . It sometimes happens that unskilful versi- fiers , without knowing ...
Page 211
... course , I pretend to no originality in either the rhythm or metre of " the Raven . " The former is trochaic - the latter is octameter acatalectic , alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse , and ...
... course , I pretend to no originality in either the rhythm or metre of " the Raven . " The former is trochaic - the latter is octameter acatalectic , alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse , and ...
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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