08-16-2014, 05:34 AM
(08-15-2014, 07:22 PM)ellajam Wrote:(08-15-2014, 06:32 PM)rayheinrich Wrote:
if the lines got feet the same they doff their caps to none
Do you really think a modern poem using a classic form should have each line capped? Hats make my head hurt.
This modern affectation of uncapitalizing the first letter of a line
to suit some fancied sense of practicality shall pass, as has the
conceit of uncapitalizing everything within reach*.
If you sincerely desire to increase a reader's comprehension,
I suggest you aim your furrowed brow at prose.
If it's good enough for Lord Byron**, it's good enough for me.
*Those of us who knowingly adopt this period style are hopeless romantics
and should be adjudged as such.
**Any missive containing the phrase "hopeless romantics" should, as a
matter of etiquette, mention Lord Byron.
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