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THOUGHTS: New lines by John Shade
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> A funny closing couplet but [...]
> the fifth line is pretty rough metrically, even for Shade.
I think "In scholarly detail on the delights" scans fine if
"detail" is accented on the second syllable--the older
pronunciation in America, which I believe Shade would have
used.
Jerry Friedman
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> the fifth line is pretty rough metrically, even for Shade.
I think "In scholarly detail on the delights" scans fine if
"detail" is accented on the second syllable--the older
pronunciation in America, which I believe Shade would have
used.
Jerry Friedman
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