Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 90
... expression is not surpassed by anything in Byron . There are two of the lines in which a sentiment is conveyed that embodies the all in all of the divine passion of Love - a sentiment which , perhaps , has found its echo in more , and ...
... expression is not surpassed by anything in Byron . There are two of the lines in which a sentiment is conveyed that embodies the all in all of the divine passion of Love - a sentiment which , perhaps , has found its echo in more , and ...
Page 172
... expressing to the eye the exact relative value of every syllable employed in Verse . 2 I have already shown that enunciation , or length , is the point from which we start . In other words , we begin with a long syllable . This , then ...
... expressing to the eye the exact relative value of every syllable employed in Verse . 2 I have already shown that enunciation , or length , is the point from which we start . In other words , we begin with a long syllable . This , then ...
Page 176
... expression of the ar- rangement by putting it thus : Because the pedants have no eyes , therefore the old poets had no ears . " But , " say the gentlemen without the eyes , " the scholastic scan- sion , although certainly not handed ...
... expression of the ar- rangement by putting it thus : Because the pedants have no eyes , therefore the old poets had no ears . " But , " say the gentlemen without the eyes , " the scholastic scan- sion , although certainly not handed ...
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