Thank you for reading and commenting, Shah.
Not to be argumentative but one should be careful about what one labels as
'poetry' and what one labels as 'prose'. You might be challenged to define
one or other or even both and then you have arguments that in the end serve
no purpose. Poetry that is deliberately sparse and bleak can appear to be
prose and florid prose might pretend at poetry and both are deceivers.
Thanks for your commenting, Arthur.
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From: "c s shah" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: New sub: No title..........as yet
> Hi Arthur,
> I found the poem a bit 'bulky'. The first stanza drags on.
> And many a line is more prose than poetry -
>
> > So he chose this way that skirted the village places
> ...
> > She had laid out the table
> > in such a way that his back would be towards her.
>
> c s shah
>
> arthur seeley wrote:
> >
> > Hard days on the fells with the flock,
> ...
> ...
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