Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 153
... course impossible . But scientific music has no claim to intrinsic excel- lence it is fit for scientific ears alone . In its excess it is the triumph of the physique over the morale of music . The sentiment is over- whelmed by the sense ...
... course impossible . But scientific music has no claim to intrinsic excel- lence it is fit for scientific ears alone . In its excess it is the triumph of the physique over the morale of music . The sentiment is over- whelmed by the sense ...
Page 163
... course was found to be Headlong hitherward o'er the starry sea . In the " general proposition " above , I speak of the occasional intro- duction of equivalent feet . It sometimes happens that unskilful versi- fiers , without knowing ...
... course was found to be Headlong hitherward o'er the starry sea . In the " general proposition " above , I speak of the occasional intro- duction of equivalent feet . It sometimes happens that unskilful versi- fiers , without knowing ...
Page 211
... course , I pretend to no originality in either the rhythm or metre of " the Raven . " The former is trochaic - the latter is octameter acatalectic , alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse , and ...
... course , I pretend to no originality in either the rhythm or metre of " the Raven . " The former is trochaic - the latter is octameter acatalectic , alternating with heptameter catalectic repeated in the refrain of the fifth verse , and ...
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The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
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