Remembering The Terms
A common mnemonic is "An orphan has no past; a widow has no future" or "An orphan is left behind, whereas a widow must go on alone".
Another way is to think of orphans as generally being younger than widows; thus, orphaned lines happen first, at the start of paragraphs (affecting and stranding the first line), and widowed lines happen last, at the end of paragraphs (affecting and stranding the last line). Orphaned lines appear at the "birth" (start) of paragraphs; widowed lines appear at the "death" (end) of paragraphs.
Read more about this topic: Widows And Orphans
Famous quotes containing the words remembering the, remembering and/or terms:
“Remembering the stable where for once in our lives
Everything became a You and nothing was an It.”
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—Melinda Worth Popham (b. 1944)
“Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day.”
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