i receive many poems in emails. for the past two days they have been appearing as chunks of prose. when i want to write a poem and save a draft ,the draft also turns the poem into a chunk of prose with no verse structure.
is this the'new and improved' yahoo mail? not for me it isn't.
2007-11-07 19:19:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Are you using Beta? That's what I use and I'm having no trouble with that, but I would ask the people that sent the poem to you to see if it was the way they sent it, not Yahoo. I know that Hotmail was having the same problem after they updated, where all of the email would glom together (it was really annoying!).
2007-11-07 19:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by sabrinaroz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a problem, but a well constructed poem will have a structure that should become apparent with recital. The division of poetry into stanzas is largely a printers' device for the poetically challenged!
Good luck with the deciphering and declaiming.
2007-11-07 19:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by Kathy S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The system is not programed to recognize verses and stanzas. The email transmits it thoughtlessly and indifferently as it would any prose. One proof why computers and robots got a long way to catch up with humans if ever they will.
2007-11-07 20:49:42 · answer #3 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Email isn't the way to send any document. Email will strip away as much information as it can to streamline the transmission.
If you want to send a structured document, type it up in a word processor (Microsoft Word) and send it as an attachment.
g-day!
2007-11-07 23:36:17 · answer #4 · answered by Kekionga 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think computers are that much poetic
2007-11-07 19:23:21 · answer #5 · answered by rattyrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋