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Lot Long
by Gary E. Andrews - 11/10/26 11:20 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 304
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Serious Contributor
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David,
I guess in a way I'm rejecting the assumption that every line must "stand on its own." I think every line should add something, should propel the thing forward, or add an image or an idea, but if you require every line to somehow be self-sustaining, you're throwing in a restriction that doesn't necessarily have to be there. There are enough "rules" to follow without this one - but then again, I sometimes will have long sentences that "hang over" the end of a line and continue into the next line, metrically speaking, if that makes any sense.
Didn't mean to be glib or purposely obscure before, but I would question the whole idea of too much attention to this rule. Just my .02 -
G
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