Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 87
... natural manner is difficult only to him who should never meddle with it - to the unnatural . It is but the result of writing with the understanding , or with the instinct , that the tone , in compo- sition , should always be that which ...
... natural manner is difficult only to him who should never meddle with it - to the unnatural . It is but the result of writing with the understanding , or with the instinct , that the tone , in compo- sition , should always be that which ...
Page 156
... natural- dactylic lines , existing proportionally as well as equally with regard to other triple - rhymed , natural - dactylic lines . For example : Virginal Lilian , rigidly , humblily dutiful ; Beautiful ! 156 [ THE RATIONALE OF VERSE ]
... natural- dactylic lines , existing proportionally as well as equally with regard to other triple - rhymed , natural - dactylic lines . For example : Virginal Lilian , rigidly , humblily dutiful ; Beautiful ! 156 [ THE RATIONALE OF VERSE ]
Page 158
... natural feet alone must necessarily have been confined , would have led , after a very brief interval , to the trial and immediate adoption of artificial feet - that is to say , of feet not constituted each of a single word , but two or ...
... natural feet alone must necessarily have been confined , would have led , after a very brief interval , to the trial and immediate adoption of artificial feet - that is to say , of feet not constituted each of a single word , but two or ...
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