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Thanks Derma - I guess the problem in form poetry, such as the sonnet, is in deciding how the lines should end, given that the breaks occur in set positions, following the last foot in the line. I read some advice that Leanne offered recently regarding the importance of line endings in terms of the impact they have on the reader - particularly true in free verse, where the responsibility for line breaks lies entirely with the writer.
Time to eat - good timing, as I was about to launch a vacuous vessel carrying stuff about line breaks, punctuation and caesuras :>

Hope I didn't disturb your reverie there Derma :>
 

by Laura doom on Jan. 20 2009