Thursday, January 13, 2011

Poe's Principle


  Per Poe's exhort,
this poem's short.



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"From [his] experience, Poe surmised that long poems are unable to sustain a proper mood or maintain a high-quality poetic form and are, therefore, inherently flawed."
Wikipedia: The Poetic Principle


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