Literary Theory and CriticismThis essential anthology of Poe's critical works features items from the Southern Literary Messenger, Graham's Magazine, and other periodicals, reviewing works by Dickens, Hawthorne, Cooper, and many others. The Theory of Poetry — consisting of "The Philosophy of Composition," "The Rationale of Verse," and "The Poetic Principle" — appears as well. Introduction. |
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... o'er the castle gate Their house's Lion stands in state As in his proud departed hours; And warriors frown in stone on high, And feudal banners “flout the sky” Above his princely towers. The objects of allusion here vary, in an awkward ...
... o'er the castle gate Their house's Lion stands in state As in his proud departed hours; And warriors frown in stone on high, And feudal banners “flout the sky” Above his princely towers. The objects of allusion here vary, in an awkward ...
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... o'er a lov'd one sleeping? One solitary turret gray Still tells in melancholy glory The legend of the Cheviot day. The commencement of the fourth stanza is of the highest order of Poetry, and partakes, in a happy manner, of that ...
... o'er a lov'd one sleeping? One solitary turret gray Still tells in melancholy glory The legend of the Cheviot day. The commencement of the fourth stanza is of the highest order of Poetry, and partakes, in a happy manner, of that ...
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