Summary
Manuscript, University of Virginia ;
1835 December 1, letter, Edgar Allan Poe to Beverly Tucker;
comments on versification, poetry
versus music and originality in verse and prose.
Critiquing Tucker's own verses,
and
mentions an epic poem by an unnamed author reviewed in
Blackwood's Magazine, his
own works, Morella
and "MS Found in a Bottle", as well as The Dream by another
unknown author. Poe also comments upon not having known
his biological parents, and solicits future criticism from Tucker.