Italics and Ellipses...

Inspired by this post and this book...

(from Emily Climbs)

The do’s and don’t

Of using these

Are rigid,

I suppose

But who is quite immune to them?

Their where and when,

Who knows?

Ink-impression impresses us

At varied intervals

And sometimes ellipses evoke

…unwritten syllables

And sometimes italics suggest

Something sentimental

Impacting with strange squiggliness

What words cannot quite tell

© Janet Martin

I couldn’t help but chuckle at this post, esp. because Emily of New Moon (the series of books I’m reading) loved to use italics and every teacher said ‘Don’t’.

…and I am learning so much from her teachers :)