Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 80
... effect it produces - than by the time it took to impress the effect , or by the amount of " sustained effort " which had been found necessary in effecting the impression . The fact is , that perseverance is one thing and genius quite ...
... effect it produces - than by the time it took to impress the effect , or by the amount of " sustained effort " which had been found necessary in effecting the impression . The fact is , that perseverance is one thing and genius quite ...
Page 207
... effect which it is capable of inducing ; for it is clear that the brevity must be in direct ratio of the intensity of the intended effect : —this , with one proviso — that a certain degree of duration is absolutely requisite for the ...
... effect which it is capable of inducing ; for it is clear that the brevity must be in direct ratio of the intensity of the intended effect : —this , with one proviso — that a certain degree of duration is absolutely requisite for the ...
Page 211
... effect . And here I may as well say a few words of the versification . My first object ( as usual ) was originality . The extent to which this has been neglected , in versification , is one of the most unaccountable things in the world ...
... effect . And here I may as well say a few words of the versification . My first object ( as usual ) was originality . The extent to which this has been neglected , in versification , is one of the most unaccountable things in the world ...
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