Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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... dwell— Apart from Heaven's Eternity - and yet how far from Hell ! 25 What guilty spirit , in what shrubbery dim , Heard not the stirring summons of that hymn ? But two : they fell : for Heaven no grace imparts To those who hear not for ...
... dwell— Apart from Heaven's Eternity - and yet how far from Hell ! 25 What guilty spirit , in what shrubbery dim , Heard not the stirring summons of that hymn ? But two : they fell : for Heaven no grace imparts To those who hear not for ...
Page 177
... 2 2 2 2 2 2 Read by this scansion , the flow is preserved ; and the more we dwell on the divisions , the more the intended rhythm becomes apparent . More- over , the feet have all the same time ; 177 [ THE RATIONALE OF VERSE ]
... 2 2 2 2 2 2 Read by this scansion , the flow is preserved ; and the more we dwell on the divisions , the more the intended rhythm becomes apparent . More- over , the feet have all the same time ; 177 [ THE RATIONALE OF VERSE ]
Page 178
... dwell at any time , for any slight purpose , abnormally , on a terminating syllable . In verse , this license - scarcely a license would be frequently admitted . These ideas unlock the secret of such lines as the and the Litoreis ingens ...
... dwell at any time , for any slight purpose , abnormally , on a terminating syllable . In verse , this license - scarcely a license would be frequently admitted . These ideas unlock the secret of such lines as the and the Litoreis ingens ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
Copyright | |
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