OK you are officially making me think before coffee ;)  

 

But if we re-structured the sentence: <Poe claimed (that) inspiration, or
chance, played no part in the poem's composition.>, then Poe is definitely
the subject and the rest becomes.what?  A noun clause in the role of direct
object?

 

I don't think we can say <Poe claimed> is adverbial, can we?  Even in the
original sentence structure, <inspiration or chance> aren't the subjects.

 

Or am I lost in the weeds?  It does happen, I must admit.

 

-patty

 

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List, 

 

In the following sentence, would you say that <Poe> is the subject and
<Inspiration or chance played no part in the poem's composition> is the noun
clause object of the claim? Is <Poe claimed> adverbial in nature? 

 

<Inspiration or chance, Poe claimed, played no part in the poem's
compositon.>


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