Hopkins uses virgules to mark the long lines for us into hemistichs.
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"Comment dit-on point et virgule en Anglais, monsieur?"
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The texts of these orders, instructions, directives or memoranda consisted of mute combinations of letters and numbers, joined by hyphens or separated by virgules.
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Dewforth leaned close and studied these, but found only mute combinations of letters and numbers, joined by hyphens or separated by virgules....