12-22-2012, 03:37 AM
Gosh!! Thankyou both.
Tectac: I'm afraid it's my ancient GCE English which taught me that every line of poetry must start with a capital letter!! I don't apply that 'rule' slavishly but on occasions it feels right... such as here. It's just coincidence that both times here they follow a colon and semi-colon. I'm happy and proud to receive your compliments.
Kb: My apologies but you'll have to explain precisely what you think I should get rid of - the academic details of poetry are lost on me and while understand what 'abstract' means - 'abstraction' in a poem I'm not so clear about.
Tectac: I'm afraid it's my ancient GCE English which taught me that every line of poetry must start with a capital letter!! I don't apply that 'rule' slavishly but on occasions it feels right... such as here. It's just coincidence that both times here they follow a colon and semi-colon. I'm happy and proud to receive your compliments.
Kb: My apologies but you'll have to explain precisely what you think I should get rid of - the academic details of poetry are lost on me and while understand what 'abstract' means - 'abstraction' in a poem I'm not so clear about.