High School Lit. was in 1966-67. Mizz Hazel (Hazel Gwinn, it was a proper practice to call a teacher Miss (first name) back then), would give you a zero if the first word of a line of poetry was not capitalized. I've only been writing a short time but old habits die hard.
Thanks Lori, your points are right on as usual. Good of you to visit.
Sam
PS... had to check... here is a link with some good, generally accepted rules and several examples.
http://hubpages.com/hub/Grammar_Mishaps__C...alization_Rules