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... word there spoken was the whispered word , " Lenore ! " This I whispered , and an echo murmured back the word , " Lenore ! " Merely this and nothing more . Back into the chamber turning , all my soul within me burning , Soon I heard ...
... word there spoken was the whispered word , " Lenore ! " This I whispered , and an echo murmured back the word , " Lenore ! " Merely this and nothing more . Back into the chamber turning , all my soul within me burning , Soon I heard ...
Page 477
... word as the best refrain . The question now arose as to the char- acter of the word . Having made up my mind to a refrain , the division of the poem into stanzas , was , of course , a corollary : the refrain forming the close to each ...
... word as the best refrain . The question now arose as to the char- acter of the word . Having made up my mind to a refrain , the division of the poem into stanzas , was , of course , a corollary : the refrain forming the close to each ...
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... word " Nevermore . " - I had to combine these , bearing in mind my design of varying , at every turn , the application of the word repeated ; but the only intelligible mode of such combination is that of imagining the Raven employing the ...
... word " Nevermore . " - I had to combine these , bearing in mind my design of varying , at every turn , the application of the word repeated ; but the only intelligible mode of such combination is that of imagining the Raven employing the ...
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