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punctuation poems

punctuation poems pervasive: readers shape meanings of texts!!

Readers with different understandings have long applied punctuation to manuscripts to clarify meaning. Broadly interpreted, all texts are punctuation poems. … Read the post punctuation poems pervasive: readers shape meanings of texts!!

LOVE TRUMPS HATE: Dame Custance triumphs over Ralph Roister Doister

The punctuation poem in the early English comedy Ralph Roister Doister shows that love encompasses and trumps hate with different punctuation. … Read the post LOVE TRUMPS HATE: Dame Custance triumphs over Ralph Roister Doister

punctuation poems subtly subvert dominant social order with lineation

In Middle English punctuation poems, textual lines typically represent the dominant social order – praising law and women. Enjambment is subversive. … Read the post punctuation poems subtly subvert dominant social order with lineation

advances in philology: punctuation saves lives

Ancient readers, taught through recitation and oral instruction, learned how to read scriptio continua correctly. Today, punctuation saves lives. … Read the post advances in philology: punctuation saves lives