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" ... 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 continually varied that of thought: that is to say, I determined to produce continuously... "
The Writer's Art by Those who Have Practiced it - Page 121
by Rollo Walter Brown - 1921 - 357 pages
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The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: Poems and tales

Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...jh2£JLi2Ls.9L, ?• Determined *° produce continuously novel effects, by the variation of the application of the refrain — • the refrain itself remaining, for the most part, unvaried. Bflt.t.lAflT.T nftftf. bethought me QJ of myjrg^aa, Since its application was to, be repeatedly varied,...
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Life and Poems

Edgar Allan Poe - 1879 - 336 pages
...the refrain ; determining to produce continuously novel effects by the variation of the application of the refrain, the refrain itself remaining, for the most part, unvaried. The next thing in order was to select a word which would be in the 'fullest possible keeping with the...
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Once a Week, Volume 25

1871 - 612 pages
...so suitable for this purpose as the employment of the refrain ? Since the application of the refrain was to be repeatedly varied, it was clear that the...variations of application in any sentence of length. A single word, therefore, would make the best refrain. What was the refrain to be? It must be sonorous...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 32

1880 - 798 pages
...is to say, I determined to' produce continuously novel effects, by the variation of the application of the refrain — the refrain itself remaining, for the most part, unvaried. "These poinls being settled, I next bethought me of the nature of my refrain. Since its application was to...
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Poems and Essays of Edgar Allan Poe: Including Memoir by John H. Ingram ...

Edgar Allan Poe - 1881 - 588 pages
...determined to produce continnously novel effects, by the variation of the application of the refrain— Iko refrain itself remaining, for the most part, unvaried....nature of my refrain. Since its application was to bo repeatedly varied, it was clear that the refrain itself must be brief, for there would have been...
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The Rhymester: Or, The Rules of Rhyme. A Guide to English Versification ...

Tom Hood - 1882 - 224 pages
...is to say, I determined to produce continuously novel effects, by the variation of the application of the refrain — the refrain itself remaining, for the most part, unvaried." Poe's success in the execution of this device, which is not as novel as he declares, can be seen in...
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Poems and essays

Edgar Allan Poe - 1883 - 542 pages
...is to say, I determined to produce continuously novel effects, by the variation of tlie application of the refrain — the refrain itself remaining, for the most part, unvaried. Those points being settled, I next bethought mo of the nature of my refrain, Since its application...
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The Rhymester, Or, the Rules of Rhyme: A Guide to English Versification ...

Tom Hood - 1884 - 228 pages
...is to say, I determined to produce continuously novel effects, by the variation of the application of the refrain — the refrain itself remaining, for the most part, unvaried." Foe's success in the execution of this device, which is not as novel as he declares, can be seen in...
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The Raven: with literary and historical commentary

Edgar Allan Poe - 1885 - 150 pages
...is to say, I determined to produce continuously novel effects, by the variation of the application of the refrain — the refrain itself remaining, for...most part, unvaried. " These points being settled," continues Poe, " I next bethought me of the nature of my refrain. Since its application was to be repeatedly...
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With Friend and Book: In the Study and the Fields

John Rogers Rees - 1892 - 192 pages
...is to say, I determined to produce continuously novel effects, by the variation of the application of the refrain — the refrain itself remaining, for...settled, I next bethought me of the nature of my refrain This led me at once to a single word as the best refrain The question now arose as to the character...
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