04-21-2014, 11:04 PM
In poems like this, is it good form to separate the dialogue with a name prefacing the stanzas? I.E.,
"Tam, Tam, where are ye,
Tam, Tam, where hav’ ye been,
I hope yer nae down in yer bottle,
trying to wash away yer sins, yer sins,
trying to wash away yer sins.
Tam:
Nae, nae good fellow,
I’m not in the bottle a ‘tall
I’m here hav’en a good smoke
restin’ ‘gainst this sturdy rock wall,
restin’ ‘gainst this wall."
"Tam, Tam, where are ye,
Tam, Tam, where hav’ ye been,
I hope yer nae down in yer bottle,
trying to wash away yer sins, yer sins,
trying to wash away yer sins.
Tam:
Nae, nae good fellow,
I’m not in the bottle a ‘tall
I’m here hav’en a good smoke
restin’ ‘gainst this sturdy rock wall,
restin’ ‘gainst this wall."
*Warning: blatant tomfoolery above this line