How do you recognize that it's a sonnet you're reading? Barry On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:54:18 +0100, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Fourteen lines doth not a sonnet make > >2008/8/7 Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]>: >> a sonnet! >> You and Hal are competing, it seems. >> >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >> >>> Thanks barry, it was just a frustrated snap, & I tend to want to eschew the >>> apostrophe if i can). >>> >>> Didnt even notice that it was 14 lines! >>> >>> Doug >>> On 7-Aug-08, at 7:49 AM, Barry Alpert wrote: >>> >>> I'm admiring the enactment of temporal delay surrounding the turn of the >>>> sonnet in line >>>> 6, but can't decide whether the opening s of the 14th line works or if 's >>>> would be >>>> preferable. >>>> >>>> Barry