Letting the tool write the poem
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(08-16-2014, 05:34 AM)rayheinrich Wrote:  
(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.


That's an interesting response, I'm not sure why you think comprehension is for prose alone, but I'll think about it.
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Messages In This Thread
Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 08-13-2014, 08:32 PM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by billy - 08-13-2014, 10:18 PM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 08-13-2014, 10:43 PM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by billy - 08-14-2014, 06:00 PM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by Leanne - 08-14-2014, 04:07 AM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 08-14-2014, 07:42 PM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 08-15-2014, 10:33 AM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by bena - 08-15-2014, 01:40 AM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by bena - 08-15-2014, 05:19 AM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 08-15-2014, 07:22 PM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 08-15-2014, 09:26 PM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 08-16-2014, 05:51 AM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 08-16-2014, 06:56 AM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by milo - 08-16-2014, 01:41 AM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 08-16-2014, 06:40 AM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 01-16-2015, 06:55 AM
RE: Letting the tool write the poem - by ellajam - 01-06-2016, 10:37 PM



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