- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:28:56 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
On 31/01/2019 00:54, John Foliot wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > I'm not a Poly Lit Major, but I believe the formatting of both of those > examples is in fact important; certainly the Haiku, which is > specifically defined as 3 lines with the 5,7,5 syllable construct. > Wrapping (for example) the middle line would certainly break that > construct, and it would no longer be a Haiku... The construct would not be broken, it would just ... reflow to the available space. As long as the differentiation between the 3 lines is clear (using <br> at least, and using whatever other visual differentiation if needed...even making the <br> styled to have a visible carriage return arrow or similar if anything else is ambiguous), reflowing the individual lines to available width does not break the syllable construct. > I also quoted the specific pattern of the Robert Service poem, where the > 4-line pattern is also an important literary construct; As above. > I can't comment > on *how* important, but I do know there is some importance attached. Any > academics out there who could weigh in? P -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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