Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 149
... latter instance , cannot , in the former , be true . Grammar in general is the analysis of lan- guage ; English Grammar of the English . But to return to Versification as defined in our extract above . " It is the art , " says the ...
... latter instance , cannot , in the former , be true . Grammar in general is the analysis of lan- guage ; English Grammar of the English . But to return to Versification as defined in our extract above . " It is the art , " says the ...
Page 151
... latter , like les moutons de Panurge , have been occupied in incessant tumbling into ditches , for the excellent reason that their leaders have so tumbled before . The Iliad , being taken as a starting point , was made to stand instead ...
... latter , like les moutons de Panurge , have been occupied in incessant tumbling into ditches , for the excellent reason that their leaders have so tumbled before . The Iliad , being taken as a starting point , was made to stand instead ...
Page 181
... latter ( hexameters , not professors ) are about one third longer to the eye , on an average , than the former . The more abundant dactyls make the difference . And it is the greater number of spondees in the Greek than in the English ...
... latter ( hexameters , not professors ) are about one third longer to the eye , on an average , than the former . The more abundant dactyls make the difference . And it is the greater number of spondees in the Greek than in the English ...
Contents
The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
Copyright | |
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