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Unread 02-02-2002, 03:45 AM
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Curtis, you are thinking of poetry that omits parts of normal syntax...whicn is a cliche in certain kinds of free-verse, and disgusting. But I'm talking about syntactically complete statements where the meter in the line is missing an off-beat.

The bottle summer held spills today.

The spring my mother died tropic storms...

In both lines the fourth foot is missing an unaccented syllable. Both could be corrected so:

The bottle summer held to spills today.

The spring my mother died tropical storms...
(reversing the 4th foot, but restoring the missing syllable)

It can be done smoothly, as in the above examples. Most common is to omit a syllable at the beginning of line...almost common practice in contemporary formal verse.

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