<p>Wow. That makes a lot of sense. Thank you.</p>
<p>(I would say – in partial agreement with you – that the first stanza is closer to “classic”, easy-to-criticize Poe. More sound than sense in that one.)</p>
<p>I agree about the first verse being more sound than sense… and this was a fun little digression. But the pebbles-inspired spirit of this thread before it veered off into poetry was nice too… so anytime you want to pick that back up again… your insights are enjoyable to read about. :)</p>
<p>I found that Poe’s essay is posted on the Web, as befits a classic work in the public domain. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/ratlvrsd.htm[/url]”>http://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/ratlvrsd.htm</a></p>
<p>oooooooh! Thank you!</p>