John:
I wrote two sentences with the same meaning, one with a misplaced modifier, above. Was the meaning of either one unclear? I don't think so. Nevertheless, the one with the misplaced modifier was an inferior sentence. Why? Because it causes an unwanted hiccup in any informed reader. I won't presume to speak for Rhina, but I certainly think that's an issue, especially in a poem, where every syllable is precious. I think the sentence in the poem was structured as such to fit the meter, not to be the best possible sentence AND fit the meter.
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Steve Schroeder
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