The inadequacy of the Editing box to carry a sonnet

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The inadequacy of the Editing box to carry a sonnet

(so i'm sticking it here 'till you've sorted it out.)

On having proved the existence of God to my own satisfaction

Mere words cannot express the wisdom of his face.
His brow, neither wrinkled as the newborn,
nor deathbed smooth.
The line of his jaw, more permanent, solid,
than diamond or crescent moon.
The artist cannot paint, in colour, texture,
shape eternity, nor the scientist graph his reason,
as the inspired musician can divine his mood.

His sun-kissed temples will never feel the muzzle of a gun,
nor the tributaries of his hands be dammed.
The blades of his back bear muscle, and his load is lightly borne.

He has been much abused, by many, for their own gain.
Truth is difficult to accept if it hasn’t been earned.

It would probably help if you specified said inadequacies, Tan. Though I have to say I've not had any problems of this type - the editing boxes seem to be the same across the site.
My sonnet fitted fine into the editing box. Can't see why it wouldn't!
Can't say I have ever had this issue either Tan.

 

The thing isn't wide enough and it's not possible to stretch it.

Tanya Jones

Are you saying the lines of your poem go over because they're too long for the text box? I had that with the last line of my fib poem thingy. I guess you just have to live with it.
Yeah thanks,it's not one of life's big issues, I know, a tiny bit irritating that's all. Could there be a stretch function maybe for the editing box?

Tanya Jones

Is this a sonnet because it covers fourteen lines? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say the inadequacy of the editing box to format your poem the way you want it? The editing box is more than sufficient to carry a traditional sonnet. It struggles greatly with those fib poems I found. I like the poem by the way.

 

Yes it was a pity some of the lines in those fib jobs ran over, I felt that making interesting shapes added to the attraction of the poems, and the over-run spoiled the look of the thing. Linda

Linda