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interesting... so, much more to the message. i guess retaining the clarity of the artist intent is one thing and then exploiting the restrictions is an entirely different form as a result of the cuff bringing us back to the question of if what we are trying to communicate should be translated at all. ha vow of silence On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Catherine Daly <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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! > > > -- > All best, > Catherine Daly > [log in to unmask] >