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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 >