Hi David,

> In the notation?  Hardly.  If you have stuff from a reasonably good
> poet, you can usually word-wrap it without noticeable structural damage.

I think most poets would disagree.

> In fact, you might seriously improve the auditory delivery of bad poetry
> performers by doing so because it might keep them from slapping the
> audience in the face with the line endings.

That is true. (Ironically, many poets can't read their own poetry very well, 
I've noticed…)

> If you find a single sentence in this thread where I have not explicitly
> been talking about hemiolas, you might have a point.

This thread should be a response to the original poster's question, not your 
point of view. In the context of the original question, the poster's question 
is not answered effectively by talking only about hemiolas.

> But the others don't make for much storytelling.

Touché.
Kieren.
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