Talk:Milton: A Poem in Two Books

Latest comment: 10 years ago by EdJohnston in topic Requested Move May 2014

Requested move November 2013

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The result of the proposal was moved. As a aside, do you know how many novels have an "A Novel" subtitle on their title pages? --BDD (talk) 19:59, 4 December 2013 (UTC)Reply

Milton a PoemMilton (poem)Milton (poem) currently redirects to this title. Sources vary in usage, but are generally split between "Milton, a Poem", "Milton: A Poem", and just plain "Milton". Although there are some uses of "Milton a Poem" with no punctuation, this appears to be erroneous (and to some degree, results from copies of Wikipedia's own use of this unconventional style in this article title). I would also suggest Milton, a Poem, or Milton: A Poem as alternatives, but see no real reason to subtitle a poem with the words, "a poem". bd2412 T 14:18, 27 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

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This was premature. The real title on the page is "Milton a poem". It looks nicer, see Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion.75* 21:14, 3 February 2014 (UTC)Reply

Requested Move May 2014

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The result of the move request was: Moved to Milton: A Poem in Two Books. EdJohnston (talk) 15:27, 23 May 2014 (UTC)Reply



Milton (poem)Milton a poem – I suggest we move back to its real title, Blake uses weird titles some times. This looks like it will cause confusion with Milton's poems too. 75* 17:02, 15 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

OK then.--75* 20:59, 16 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

How about Milton a poem (Blake)?Naah, to long. "Milton a poem" seems unambiguous with its oddness.--75* 20:59, 16 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

That capitalisation is an absolute no-no, it implies it's the poem's proper name and its wp:commonname. walk victor falk talk 23:41, 20 May 2014 (UTC)Reply
It is the poem's proper name, and as much or more its commonname as anything else. So no-no to you too. Or do you just mean the "A" - I'm not too bothered about that. Johnbod (talk) 00:01, 21 May 2014 (UTC)Reply
Actually, the full name with title and sub-title is "milton: a poem in two books". walk victor falk talk 00:14, 21 May 2014 (UTC)Reply
Note: So far as I can tell from looking at transcriptions like this one, the title was originally presented as:

MILTON

A Poem in 2 Books

In such cases, there is understood to be an unspoken semicolon after the first line. Cheers! bd2412 T 20:47, 22 May 2014 (UTC)Reply

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