I wouldn't think so, Tim. To me, to select a didactic form for poetry not
intended to be didactic would be the height of poetic folly. And clearly
'The Weather' with its references from the British weather reports is
didactic in its entirety.
John Herbert Cunningham
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But isn't it the ghost, or trace of the didactic - the didactic as
hanging construct etc?
Tim A.
On 24 Apr 2010, at 15:02, John Herbert Cunningham wrote:
> A great deal of Lisa Robertson's poetry is built up on the
> shoulders of
> Virgil, as she freely admits. 'XEclogue' is Virgil's Eclogue. 'The
> Weather'
> is Virgils' Georgic. Both of these are highly didactic forms and,
> as used
> by Robertson, remain so to a large extent.
> John Herbert Cunningham
>
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>
> Could you expand on that John. I've gone through layers of Lisa
> Robertson's and pretty sure I went through the didactic layer pretty
> quickly.
>
> Tim A.
>
> On 23 Apr 2010, at 22:01, John Herbert Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Robertson's poetry is extremely
>> didactic?
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