Whether to capitalise or not to capitalize the start of lines

[rayheinrich]

My thoughts.
Individual poets write individual poetry, individual crits give individual critique...what else can we expect? Capitalising every line start makes no sense whatsoever to me as I cannot see "purpose" only affectation. I cannot expect a reason from the writer as to the "why?" without feeling I am just looking for a fight so I see it, I advise against it and am slowly  begining to leave it at that. I have NEVER had anyone tell me why they do it, except the feeble excuse that the computer did it, and am becoming bored with hearing myself repeat the same old dogma. Perhaps anything goes and i should be like whatever, Byron, innit.

I gave my 'reasons' above. The reason why they may have a hard time articulating a reason
is that you're asking them to explain why they like something.

My neighbor has a blue car.
I say, "I'm guessing you like blue cars."
He says, "Why yes, I do."
Then I ask him, "So, why do you like blue cars?"

As far as expecting  poetry to make "sense" goes, I hold firm. If communicative language is not the soul of poetry then what is left?
tectak (and what is good enough for Chaucer is NOT good enough for me. Byron? Jury still out)

The problem here is agreeing on what "sense" means.
When I say that poetry doesn't have to make sense, all I'm saying is it doesn't need to
contain a logical narrative. There are so many other things that can be communicated.

Rhythm, alliteration, rhyme, metrical feet, lines with the same number of feet,
rhyme schemes, repeated  lines, repetition of all sorts, etc., etc.
The types of symbolism, allegory, personification, all manner of other forms of
metaphor where the connection/comparison is not of the logical sort (angry skies).

None of that makes sense, but it does communicate.