Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 205
... tone - whether by ordi- nary incidents and peculiar tone , or the converse , or by peculiarity both of incident and tone - afterward looking about me ( or rather within ) for such combinations of event , or tone , as shall best aid me ...
... tone - whether by ordi- nary incidents and peculiar tone , or the converse , or by peculiarity both of incident and tone - afterward looking about me ( or rather within ) for such combinations of event , or tone , as shall best aid me ...
Page 208
... tone of its highest manifestation - and all experience has shown that this tone is one of sadness . Beauty of whatever kind , in its supreme development , invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears . Melancholy is thus the most ...
... tone of its highest manifestation - and all experience has shown that this tone is one of sadness . Beauty of whatever kind , in its supreme development , invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears . Melancholy is thus the most ...
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... tone . I had now gone so far as the conception of a Raven - the bird of ill omen - monotonously repeating the one word , " Nevermore , " at the conclusion of each stanza , in a poem of melancholy tone , and in length about one hundred ...
... tone . I had now gone so far as the conception of a Raven - the bird of ill omen - monotonously repeating the one word , " Nevermore , " at the conclusion of each stanza , in a poem of melancholy tone , and in length about one hundred ...
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