[Caleb Murdock]

Originally posted by robert mezey:
Sigh. For the last time, Caleb, you cannot
scan that line that way or read it that way
without messing up the line, which is a fine
line. The accent, however light, is on
had, period. And there is no pause
after convoys, none---if there were
any pause at all, it would be a very slight
one after hours, but even that is
completely unnecessary. As Carol says, you
hear lines read in all kinds of ways, well
and badly. But of all the possible ways of
saying a line of well-made verse, only one
or two can be the right way. Sorry---strait
is the gate.

You're not the only one who's sighing, Robert. If you teach your students the same way you explain things to me, you have a lot of students who don't listen to you.