Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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... short . Our author , observe , is now engaged in a definition of versification in general , not of English versification in particular . But the Greek and Latin metres abound in the spondee and pyrrhic - the former consisting of two ...
... short . Our author , observe , is now engaged in a definition of versification in general , not of English versification in particular . But the Greek and Latin metres abound in the spondee and pyrrhic - the former consisting of two ...
Page 166
... short . That is , it is not short in the sense of " short " as applied to the final syllable of the ordinary trochee , where the word means merely the half of long . In this case ( that of the additional syllable ) , " short , ” if used ...
... short . That is , it is not short in the sense of " short " as applied to the final syllable of the ordinary trochee , where the word means merely the half of long . In this case ( that of the additional syllable ) , " short , ” if used ...
Page 171
... short syllable whose position they usurp . Accordingly each of these syllables is equal to the third of a short syllable — that is to say , the sixth of a long . But in Byron's dactylic rhythm , we have to equal- ize the time of the ...
... short syllable whose position they usurp . Accordingly each of these syllables is equal to the third of a short syllable — that is to say , the sixth of a long . But in Byron's dactylic rhythm , we have to equal- ize the time of the ...
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