Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 153
... sounds is the prin- ciple of Music . Unpractised ears can appreciate only simple equalities , such as are found in ballad airs . While comparing one simple sound with another they are too much occupied to be capable of comparing the ...
... sounds is the prin- ciple of Music . Unpractised ears can appreciate only simple equalities , such as are found in ballad airs . While comparing one simple sound with another they are too much occupied to be capable of comparing the ...
Page 158
... sound . But absolute equality would have involved the use of identical words ; and it is the duplicate sameness or monotony - that of sense as well as that of sound - which would have caused these rhymes to be rejected in the very first ...
... sound . But absolute equality would have involved the use of identical words ; and it is the duplicate sameness or monotony - that of sense as well as that of sound - which would have caused these rhymes to be rejected in the very first ...
Page 208
... sound and thought . The pleasure is deduced solely from the sense of identity of repetition . I resolved to diversify , and so heighten , the effect , by adhering , in general , to the monotone of sound , while I con- tinually varied ...
... sound and thought . The pleasure is deduced solely from the sense of identity of repetition . I resolved to diversify , and so heighten , the effect , by adhering , in general , to the monotone of sound , while I con- tinually varied ...
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The Editors Commentary | 2 |
Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
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