10-17-2014, 12:53 PM
If you want it to be readable only cap the line that begins a sentence. I think it has more to do with the site as to how the lyrics are presented, although people who are older tend to cap the first line, but that has not been the case in poetry since the 1950's anymore than we center justify. Both are about readability. It is easier to read when it is left justify and only the beginning of the sentence is capped.
Ginsberg's "Howl" is not capped except at the beginning of the sentence:
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,"
I have written lyrics on occasion, and I follow the left justify only cap sentences. I don't really see any reason not to do so.
Dale
Ginsberg's "Howl" is not capped except at the beginning of the sentence:
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix,
angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night,"
I have written lyrics on occasion, and I follow the left justify only cap sentences. I don't really see any reason not to do so.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.