Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Edgar Allan Poe Louis Untermeyer. by no means sure that the god was in the right . I am by no means certain that the true limits of the critical duty are not grossly mis- understood . Excellence , in a poem especially , may be considered ...
Edgar Allan Poe Louis Untermeyer. by no means sure that the god was in the right . I am by no means certain that the true limits of the critical duty are not grossly mis- understood . Excellence , in a poem especially , may be considered ...
Page 149
... means is , assuredly , not the means . English grammar and the end contemplated by English gram- mar are two matters sufficiently distinct ; nor can the one be more reasonably regarded as the other than a fishing - hook as a fish . The ...
... means is , assuredly , not the means . English grammar and the end contemplated by English gram- mar are two matters sufficiently distinct ; nor can the one be more reasonably regarded as the other than a fishing - hook as a fish . The ...
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... mean , that Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem . A few words , however , in elucidation of my real meaning ... means best adapted for their attain- ment - no one as yet having been weak enough to deny that the pecu- liar ...
... mean , that Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem . A few words , however , in elucidation of my real meaning ... means best adapted for their attain- ment - no one as yet having been weak enough to deny that the pecu- liar ...
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