586 Matching Annotations
  1. Dec 2018
    1. 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.

    2. floating

      long o sound

    3. lies

      long i sound

    4. shadow

      long o sound

    5. soul

      long o sound

    6. my

      long i sound

    7. streaming

      long e sound

    8. dreaming

      long e sound

    9. demon’s

      long e sound

    10. seeming

      long e sound

    11. above

      short u sound

    12. just

      short u sound

    13. of

      short u sound

    14. bust

      short u sound

    15. sitting

      short i sound

    16. is

      short i sound

    17. still

      short i sound

    18. is

      short i sound

    19. still

      short i sound

    20. flitting

      short i sound

    21. unbroken

      long o sound

    22. loneliness

      long o sound

    23. hath

      short o sound

    24. that

      short o sound

    25. as

      short o sound

    26. black

      short o sound

    27. tempest

      short e sound

    28. Get

      short e sound

    29. upstarting

      short o sound

    30. shrieked

      long e sound

    31. fiend

      long e sound

    32. bird

      er sound

    33. parting

      short o sound

    34. word

      er sound

    35. Be

      long e sound

    36. name

      long a sound

    37. angels

      long a sound

    38. maiden

      long a sound

    39. radiant

      long a sound

    40. name

      long a sound

    41. angels

      long a sound

    42. maiden

      long a sound

    43. sainted

      long a sound

    44. Aidenn

      long a sound

    45. laden

      long a sound

    46. bends

      short e sound

    47. Heaven

      short e sound

    48. devil

      short e sound

    49. prophet

      short o sound

    50. evil

      short e sound

    51. Prophet

      short o sound

    52. haunted

      short o sound

    53. Horror

      short o sound

    54. enchanted

      short e sound

    55. desert

      short e sound

    56. Desolate

      short e sound

    57. tempest

      short e sound

    58. whether

      short e sound

    59. sent

      short e sound

    60. Tempter

      short e sound

    61. Whether

      short e sound

    62. devil

      short e sound

    63. evil

      short e sound

    64. Nevermore

      short e sound

    65. Lenore

      short e sound

    66. forget

      short e sound

    67. nepenthe

      short e sound

    68. Lenore

      short e sound

    69. memories

      short e sound

    70. nepenthe

      short e sound

    71. sent

      short e sound

    72. lent

      short e sound

    73. Wretch

      short e sound

    74. tufted

      short u sound

    75. Swung

      short u sound

    76. censer

      short e sound

    77. denser

      short e sound

    78. Then

      short e sound

    79. light

      long i sound

    80. lining

      long i sound

    81. light

      long i sound

    82. lining

      long i sound

    83. reclining

      long i sound

    84. divining

      long i sound

    85. into

      short u sound

    86. whose

      short u sound

    87. To

      short u sound

    88. expressing

      short e sound

    89. guessing

      short e sound

    90. engaged

      short e sound

    91. ominous

      short o sound

    92. ghastly

      short o sound

    93. ominous

      short o sound

    94. fancy

      short o sound

    95. Fancy

      short o sound

    96. linking

      short i sound

    97. sinking

      short i sound

    98. velvet

      short i sound

    99. smiling

      long i sound

    100. beguiling

      long i sound

    101. burden

      er sound

    102. dirges

      er sound

    103. faster

      short o sound

    104. fast

      short o sound

    105. Disaster

      short o sound

    106. master

      short o sound

    107. Caught

      short o sound

    108. spoken

      long o sound

    109. so

      long o sound

    110. broken

      long o sound

    111. morrow

      short o sound

    112. muttered

      short u sound

    113. scarcely

      short o sound

    114. fluttered

      short u sound

    115. uttered

      short u sound

    116. farther

      short o sound

    117. soul

      long o sound

    118. spoke

      long o sound

    119. lonely

      long o sound

    120. above

      short u sound

    121. bust

      short u sound

    122. sculptured

      short u sound

    123. the

      short u sound

    124. upon

      short u sound

    125. blessed

      short e sound

    126. yet

      short e sound

    127. Ever

      short e sound

    128. being

      long e sound

    129. agreeing

      long e sound

    130. we

      long e sound

    131. little

      short i sound

    132. its

      short i sound

    133. plainly

      long a sound

    134. ungainly

      long a sound

    135. Raven

      long a sound

    136. ancient

      long a sound

    137. craven

      long a sound

    138. sure

      or sound

    139. shaven

      long a sound

    140. shorn

      or sound

    141. wore

      or sound

    142. decorum

      short e sound and or sound

    143. ebony

      short e sound

    144. Then

      short e sound

    145. above

      2 short u sounds

    146. just

      short u sound

    147. of

      short u sound

    148. bust

      short u sound

    149. a

      short u sound

    150. upon

      short u sound and short o sound

    151. stopped

      short o sound

    152. not

      short o sound

    153. Not

      short o sound

    154. days

      short u sound

    155. saintly

      short u sound

    156. stately

      long a sound

    157. flutter

      short u sound

    158. shutter

      short u sound

    159. flung

      short u sound

    160. thereat

      short a sound

    161. lattice

      short a sound

    162. that

      short a sound

    163. only

      long o sound

    164. token

      long o sound

    165. no

      long o sound

    166. unbroken

      long o sound

    167. before

      long e sound

    168. dream

      long e sound

    169. dreams

      long e sound

    170. dreaming

      long e sound

    171. fearing

      long e sound

    172. there

      long e sound

    173. peering

      long e sound

    174. Deep

      long e sound

    175. wide

      long i sound

    176. I

      long i sound

    177. I

      long i sound

    178. I

      long i sound

    179. chamber

      long a sound

    180. came

      long a sound

    181. faintly

      long a sound

    182. rapping

      short a sound

    183. fact

      short a sound

    184. then

      short e sound

    185. hesitating

      short e sound

    186. Presently

      short e sound

    187. entrance

      short e sound

    188. entreating

      short e sound

    189. entrance

      short e sound

    190. entreating

      short e sound

    191. felt

      short e sound

    192. never

      short e sound

    193. terrors

      short e sound

    194. of

      short u sound

    195. rustling

      short u sound

    196. uncertain

      short u sound

    197. the

      short u sound

    198. Nameless

      long a sound

    199. name

      long a sound

    200. angels

      long a sound