Complete Poems of Edgar Allan PoeHeritage Press, 1943 - 214 pages |
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Page 150
... syllables , but dispute the essentiality of any alterna- tion , regular or irregular , of syllables long and short . Our author , observe , is now engaged in a definition of versification in general , not of English versification in ...
... syllables , but dispute the essentiality of any alterna- tion , regular or irregular , of syllables long and short . Our author , observe , is now engaged in a definition of versification in general , not of English versification in ...
Page 160
... syllables , " say the books , " an anapaest may sometimes be em- ployed 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 ...
... syllables , " say the books , " an anapaest may sometimes be em- ployed 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 ...
Page 172
... syllable ; the last syllable , being long , should be unaccented : the whole would be thus ( control ) . In a trochee , these accents would be merely conversed , thus ( manly ) . In a dactyl , each of the two final syllables , being the ...
... syllable ; the last syllable , being long , should be unaccented : the whole would be thus ( control ) . In a trochee , these accents would be merely conversed , thus ( manly ) . In a dactyl , each of the two final syllables , being the ...
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Spirits of the Dead | 14 |
A Dream | 22 |
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