> A funny closing couplet but [...]
> the fifth line is pretty rough metrically, even for Shade.
 
I think "In scholarly detail on the delights" scans fine if
"detail" is accented on the second syllable--the older
pronunciation in America, which I believe Shade would have
used.
 
Jerry Friedman
 
 
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