Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 85
... Passion , which is the excitement of the Heart . I make Beauty , therefore , ―using the word as inclusive of the sublime , -I make Beauty the province of the poem , simply because it is an obvious rule of Art that effects should be made ...
... Passion , which is the excitement of the Heart . I make Beauty , therefore , ―using the word as inclusive of the sublime , -I make Beauty the province of the poem , simply because it is an obvious rule of Art that effects should be made ...
Page 97
... passion which is the intoxication of the Heart - or of that Truth which is the satisfaction of the Reason . For , in regard to Passion , alas ! its tendency is to de- grade , rather than to elevate the Soul . Love , on the contrary ...
... passion which is the intoxication of the Heart - or of that Truth which is the satisfaction of the Reason . For , in regard to Passion , alas ! its tendency is to de- grade , rather than to elevate the Soul . Love , on the contrary ...
Page 146
... passion for poetry is always there . Almost submerged by Poe's crotchets about the " astrologos , " the " bastard iambus , ” the “ quick trochee , " and the " prosodial schools , " the poet's passion struggles through . No amount of ...
... passion for poetry is always there . Almost submerged by Poe's crotchets about the " astrologos , " the " bastard iambus , ” the “ quick trochee , " and the " prosodial schools , " the poet's passion struggles through . No amount of ...
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