In a message dated 4/28/2009 1:13:34 PM Central Daylight Time, NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU writes:
>A funny closing couplet but [...]
>the fifth line is pretty rough metrically, even for Shade.
I think "In scholarly detail on the delights" scans fine if
"detail" is accented on the second syllable--the older
pronunciation in America, which I believe Shade would have
used.
Jerry Friedman
That's how I read it, but the three unstressed syllables in a row ('on the de") are a real scud.
Sam
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