Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 175
... scansion is required . But let the scansion of the schools be applied to the Greek and Latin verse , and what result do we find ? -that the verse is one thing and the scansion quite another . The ancient verse , read aloud , is in ...
... scansion is required . But let the scansion of the schools be applied to the Greek and Latin verse , and what result do we find ? -that the verse is one thing and the scansion quite another . The ancient verse , read aloud , is in ...
Page 176
... scansion wrong because the ancient verse is right , or by maintaining that the ancient verse is wrong because the scholastic scansion is not to be gainsaid ? Were we to adopt the latter mode of arranging the difficulty , we might , in ...
... scansion wrong because the ancient verse is right , or by maintaining that the ancient verse is wrong because the scholastic scansion is not to be gainsaid ? Were we to adopt the latter mode of arranging the difficulty , we might , in ...
Page 179
... scansion of another Hora- tian measure embodying an instance of proper elision . Integer vitae | scelerisque | purus | 2 2 3 3 3 Non eget | Mauri | jaculis ne | que arcu | 2 2 3 3 3 Nec venenatis | gravida sa | gittis | 2 2 Fusce ...
... scansion of another Hora- tian measure embodying an instance of proper elision . Integer vitae | scelerisque | purus | 2 2 3 3 3 Non eget | Mauri | jaculis ne | que arcu | 2 2 3 3 3 Nec venenatis | gravida sa | gittis | 2 2 Fusce ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
The Happiest Day the Happiest Hour | 21 |
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