08-15-2015, 10:52 PM
What about noctilucent crown? (Crown only one syllable.) Imagery of wonder/dome/covering/summit/high point/majesty/brilliance/sparkling jewels.
And knowledge of a crown goes straight to the imagination, rather than have the reader wonder what zenith means.
And knowledge of a crown goes straight to the imagination, rather than have the reader wonder what zenith means.
A poet who can't make the language sing doesn't start. Hence the shortage of real poems amongst the global planktonic field of duds. - Clive James.

