Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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... tion of any one thing if its terms are applicable to any one other . But if it be asked : “ What is the design — the end — the aim of English grammar ? " our obvious answer is : " The art of speaking and writing the English language ...
... tion of any one thing if its terms are applicable to any one other . But if it be asked : “ What is the design — the end — the aim of English grammar ? " our obvious answer is : " The art of speaking and writing the English language ...
Page 166
... tion than usual from the routine of trochees , and introduces to the bastard trochee one additional syllable . But this syllable is not short . That is , it is not short in the sense of " short " as applied to the final syllable of the ...
... tion than usual from the routine of trochees , and introduces to the bastard trochee one additional syllable . But this syllable is not short . That is , it is not short in the sense of " short " as applied to the final syllable of the ...
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... tion of composing a poem that should suit at once the popular and the critical taste . We commence , then , with this intention . The initial consideration was that of extent . If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting ...
... tion of composing a poem that should suit at once the popular and the critical taste . We commence , then , with this intention . The initial consideration was that of extent . If any literary work is too long to be read at one sitting ...
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