Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 150
... syllables , but dispute the essentiality of any alterna- tion , regular or irregular , of syllables long and short . Our author , observe , is now engaged in a definition of versification in general , not of English versification in ...
... syllables , but dispute the essentiality of any alterna- tion , regular or irregular , of syllables long and short . Our author , observe , is now engaged in a definition of versification in general , not of English versification in ...
Page 166
... short , ” if used at all , must be used in the sense of the sixth of long . And all the three final syllables can be called short only with the same understanding of the term . The three together are equal only to the one short syllable ...
... short , ” if used at all , must be used in the sense of the sixth of long . And all the three final syllables can be called short only with the same understanding of the term . The three together are equal only to the one short syllable ...
Page 171
... short syllables . In the foot " flowers ever " we shall find a further exemplification of the principle of the ... syllables " any , are , the " to that of the one short syllable whose position they usurp . Accordingly each of these ...
... short syllables . In the foot " flowers ever " we shall find a further exemplification of the principle of the ... syllables " any , are , the " to that of the one short syllable whose position they usurp . Accordingly each of these ...
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