Here's an example of a verse that leads up to the last line and makes it more powerful. From Kipling, the Last Rhyme of Thomas the Rhymer: "Sleep ye or wake," True Thomas said, "That sit so still, that muse so long; Sleep ye or wake? -- till the latter sleep I trow ye'll not forget my song. "I ha' harpit a shadow out o' the sun To stand before your face and cry; I ha' armed the earth beneath your heel, And over your head I ha' dusked the sky. "I ha' harpit ye up to the throne o' God, I ha' harpit your midmost soul in three; I ha' harpit ye down to the Hinges o' Hell, And -- ye -- would -- make -- a Knight o' me!" That's a last line. Bob
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