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Unread 06-15-2014, 01:31 PM
Julie Steiner Julie Steiner is offline
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I have no problem reading "fire" as either one or two syllables, depending on the context--e.g., metrical requirements, what the poet has rhymed it with, and whether I know or suspect the poet to be from the American South.

That last item reminds me of the kid who insisted that his toy fire truck was an appropriate addition to his family's nativity scene, because he'd heard that the three wise men had come from afar.

I think "here" and "tear" are pretty standardly monosyllabic, though.
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