Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 163
... accented with inverted crescents . It is objectionable solely on account of its position as the opening foot of a trochaic rhythm . Memory , similarly accented , is also a bastard trochee , but unobjectionable , although by no means ...
... accented with inverted crescents . It is objectionable solely on account of its position as the opening foot of a trochaic rhythm . Memory , similarly accented , is also a bastard trochee , but unobjectionable , although by no means ...
Page 172
... accented with a small 2 , placed beneath the syllable ; the last syllable , being long , should be unaccented : the whole would be thus ( control ) . In a trochee , these accents would be merely conversed , thus ( manly ) . In a dactyl ...
... accented with a small 2 , placed beneath the syllable ; the last syllable , being long , should be unaccented : the whole would be thus ( control ) . In a trochee , these accents would be merely conversed , thus ( manly ) . In a dactyl ...
Page 173
... accented with a small 2 above the syllable , or , rather , foot . Occurring in a dactylic or anapaestic rhythm , we also accent it with the 2 , above the foot . Oc- curring in an iambic rhythm , however , it must be accented , above ...
... accented with a small 2 above the syllable , or , rather , foot . Occurring in a dactylic or anapaestic rhythm , we also accent it with the 2 , above the foot . Oc- curring in an iambic rhythm , however , it must be accented , above ...
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