Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 180
... Greek hexameter , the intentional basis is spondaic . The dactyls are the variation of the theme . It will be observed that there is no absolute certainty about their points of interposition . The penulti- mate foot , it is true , is ...
... Greek hexameter , the intentional basis is spondaic . The dactyls are the variation of the theme . It will be observed that there is no absolute certainty about their points of interposition . The penulti- mate foot , it is true , is ...
Page 181
... Greek . Did they look Greek ? -that should have been the query ; and the reply might have led to a solution of the riddle . In placing a copy of ancient hexameters side by side with a copy ( in similar type ) of such hexameters as ...
... Greek . Did they look Greek ? -that should have been the query ; and the reply might have led to a solution of the riddle . In placing a copy of ancient hexameters side by side with a copy ( in similar type ) of such hexameters as ...
Page 182
... Greek , and merely hold them fast in their proper character of Longfellownian , or Feltonian , or Frogpondian , we must still condemn them as having been committed in a radical misconception of the philosophy of verse . The spondee , as ...
... Greek , and merely hold them fast in their proper character of Longfellownian , or Feltonian , or Frogpondian , we must still condemn them as having been committed in a radical misconception of the philosophy of verse . The spondee , as ...
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The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
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