I didn't know you were a jackass, Angel. Doubtless there's a cure for that.
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On 23 April 2010 17:14, Angel Robert Marquez <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Dida sounds like a reflection that would inadvertently make one self
> conscience in turn robbing you of the pleasure of a natural experience.
>
> I would rather read a poem that expressed an observation opened to
> interpretation rather than a report geared for persuasion, personally.
>
> but
>
> i'm a jack ass
>
> 2cents
>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 2:01 PM, John Herbert Cunningham <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Here's a question to mull over: For much of poetic history, didacticism
> was
> > accepted if not, outright encouraged. Then came the Romantic era along
> > with the 'show, don't say' aphorism. Didacticism fell out of favour.
> > However, poets now are looking to medieval and baroque forms to provide
> > structure to their poetry. Some, Lisa Robertson being a prime example,
> > have
> > gone back to the ancient Greeks and Romans - Virgil, in Robertson's case
> -
> > to 'make it new'. In doing so, are they reviving didacticism as an
> > acceptable form for, let's face it, Robertson's poetry is extremely
> > didactic?
> >
> > John Herbert Cunningham
> >
>
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