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Re: THOUGHTS: New lines by John Shade
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In a message dated 4/28/2009 1:13:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU writes:
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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
>
That's how I read it, but the three unstressed syllables in a row ('on the
de") are a real scud.
Sam
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NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU writes:
>
> >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
>
That's how I read it, but the three unstressed syllables in a row ('on the
de") are a real scud.
Sam
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