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As you can see, visually, Poe uses a mixture of short and long vowel sounds each within the same line or few lines in a row.
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floating
long o sound
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lies
long i sound
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shadow
long o sound
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soul
long o sound
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my
long i sound
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streaming
long e sound
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dreaming
long e sound
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demon’s
long e sound
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seeming
long e sound
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above
short u sound
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just
short u sound
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of
short u sound
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bust
short u sound
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sitting
short i sound
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is
short i sound
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still
short i sound
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is
short i sound
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still
short i sound
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flitting
short i sound
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unbroken
long o sound
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loneliness
long o sound
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hath
short o sound
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that
short o sound
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as
short o sound
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black
short o sound
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tempest
short e sound
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Get
short e sound
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upstarting
short o sound
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shrieked
long e sound
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fiend
long e sound
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bird
er sound
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parting
short o sound
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word
er sound
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Be
long e sound
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name
long a sound
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angels
long a sound
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maiden
long a sound
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radiant
long a sound
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name
long a sound
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angels
long a sound
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maiden
long a sound
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sainted
long a sound
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Aidenn
long a sound
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laden
long a sound
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bends
short e sound
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Heaven
short e sound
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devil
short e sound
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prophet
short o sound
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evil
short e sound
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Prophet
short o sound
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haunted
short o sound
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Horror
short o sound
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enchanted
short e sound
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desert
short e sound
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Desolate
short e sound
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tempest
short e sound
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whether
short e sound
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sent
short e sound
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Tempter
short e sound
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Whether
short e sound
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devil
short e sound
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evil
short e sound
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Nevermore
short e sound
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Lenore
short e sound
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forget
short e sound
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nepenthe
short e sound
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Lenore
short e sound
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memories
short e sound
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nepenthe
short e sound
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sent
short e sound
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lent
short e sound
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Wretch
short e sound
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tufted
short u sound
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Swung
short u sound
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censer
short e sound
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denser
short e sound
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Then
short e sound
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light
long i sound
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lining
long i sound
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light
long i sound
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lining
long i sound
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reclining
long i sound
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divining
long i sound
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into
short u sound
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whose
short u sound
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To
short u sound
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expressing
short e sound
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guessing
short e sound
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engaged
short e sound
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ominous
short o sound
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ghastly
short o sound
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ominous
short o sound
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fancy
short o sound
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Fancy
short o sound
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linking
short i sound
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sinking
short i sound
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velvet
short i sound
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smiling
long i sound
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beguiling
long i sound
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burden
er sound
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dirges
er sound
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faster
short o sound
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fast
short o sound
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Disaster
short o sound
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master
short o sound
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Caught
short o sound
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spoken
long o sound
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so
long o sound
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broken
long o sound
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morrow
short o sound
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muttered
short u sound
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scarcely
short o sound
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fluttered
short u sound
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uttered
short u sound
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farther
short o sound
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soul
long o sound
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spoke
long o sound
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lonely
long o sound
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above
short u sound
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bust
short u sound
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sculptured
short u sound
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the
short u sound
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upon
short u sound
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blessed
short e sound
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yet
short e sound
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Ever
short e sound
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being
long e sound
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agreeing
long e sound
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we
long e sound
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little
short i sound
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its
short i sound
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plainly
long a sound
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ungainly
long a sound
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Raven
long a sound
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ancient
long a sound
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craven
long a sound
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sure
or sound
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shaven
long a sound
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shorn
or sound
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wore
or sound
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decorum
short e sound and or sound
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ebony
short e sound
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Then
short e sound
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above
2 short u sounds
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just
short u sound
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of
short u sound
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bust
short u sound
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a
short u sound
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upon
short u sound and short o sound
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stopped
short o sound
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not
short o sound
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Not
short o sound
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days
short u sound
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saintly
short u sound
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stately
long a sound
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flutter
short u sound
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shutter
short u sound
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flung
short u sound
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thereat
short a sound
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lattice
short a sound
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that
short a sound
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only
long o sound
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token
long o sound
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no
long o sound
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unbroken
long o sound
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before
long e sound
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dream
long e sound
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dreams
long e sound
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dreaming
long e sound
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fearing
long e sound
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there
long e sound
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peering
long e sound
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Deep
long e sound
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wide
long i sound
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I
long i sound
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I
long i sound
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I
long i sound
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chamber
long a sound
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came
long a sound
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faintly
long a sound
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rapping
short a sound
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fact
short a sound
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then
short e sound
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hesitating
short e sound
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Presently
short e sound
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entrance
short e sound
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entreating
short e sound
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entrance
short e sound
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entreating
short e sound
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felt
short e sound
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never
short e sound
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terrors
short e sound
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of
short u sound
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rustling
short u sound
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uncertain
short u sound
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the
short u sound
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Nameless
long a sound
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name
long a sound
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angels
long a sound
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