Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 56
... definition of Poetry . " Très volon- tiers " —and he proceeded to his library , brought me a Dr. Johnson , and overwhelmed me with a definition . Shade of the immortal Shake- speare ! I imagined to myself the scowl of your spiritual eye ...
... definition of Poetry . " Très volon- tiers " —and he proceeded to his library , brought me a Dr. Johnson , and overwhelmed me with a definition . Shade of the immortal Shake- speare ! I imagined to myself the scowl of your spiritual eye ...
Page 149
... definition , so complacently received , is not , and cannot be , a proper definition of English grammar . A definition is that which so describes its object as to distinguish it from all others ; it is no defini- tion of any one thing ...
... definition , so complacently received , is not , and cannot be , a proper definition of English grammar . A definition is that which so describes its object as to distinguish it from all others ; it is no defini- tion of any one thing ...
Page 150
... definition of versification in general , not of 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 ...
... definition of versification in general , not of 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 ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
The Happiest Day the Happiest Hour | 21 |
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