it isn't only the poet's choice; a lot of journals and presses,
especially the more conservative ones, automatically cap first lines
as MS Word still does if the auto capping isn't turned off
this takes away from the option of poets choosing caps to add extra
emphasis when the first word of a line requires it
but I maintain that if a poet thinks the first words of lines are just
automatically capped because that's the way it is -- well, they
haven't learned the lessons of modernism -- example would be Dylan
Thomas, but not anyone -- even in translation -- before the 20th
century!
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All best,
Catherine Daly
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