The Picture of His Face

[LorettaYoung]

the and's and but's on the next line, one adding a syllable, and a soft sound first. What is the purpose of soft and hard sounds at the beginning of the line? Thanks billy; still feeling better I trust. Best, Loretta

often those words are soft stressed words and the following word would often be a strong stressed word which make good for an iambic line. there are exceptions to the rule of starting with a hard stressed syllable but best to get the basics down first.

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Thanks billy; is it necessary that all first syllables in an poem be soft that you would call IT or IP. Is there a rhyme to this reason? Something to do with sound?. Thanks, Loretta