Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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... iambus , which consists of a short syllable followed by a long ; the trochee , which is the converse of the iambus ; the dactyl , formed of one long syllable followed by two short ; and the anapaest -two short succeeded by a long . The ...
... iambus , which consists of a short syllable followed by a long ; the trochee , which is the converse of the iambus ; the dactyl , formed of one long syllable followed by two short ; and the anapaest -two short succeeded by a long . The ...
Page 160
... iambus , or a dactyl for a trochee .... In the beginning of a line a trochee is often used for an iambus . ” Blending is the plain English for synaeresis — but there should be no blending ; neither is an anapaest ever employed for an ...
... iambus , or a dactyl for a trochee .... In the beginning of a line a trochee is often used for an iambus . ” Blending is the plain English for synaeresis — but there should be no blending ; neither is an anapaest ever employed for an ...
Page 172
... iambus , is , in the bastard , spread equally over two syllables , which are accord- ingly the fourth of long . But this fact the fact of the essentiality , or whole time , of the foot being unchanged - is now so fully before the reader ...
... iambus , is , in the bastard , spread equally over two syllables , which are accord- ingly the fourth of long . But this fact the fact of the essentiality , or whole time , of the foot being unchanged - is now so fully before the reader ...
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Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
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