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It doesn't seem to me that using "I" in poetry (as opposed to drama, say)
marks a major difference among the possible pronouns OR the relevant genres.
[Candice W]
Candice -- I agree, but perhaps it's worth pointing to in regard to poetry,
because people expect the "I" to be "confessional"? [Tad R]
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I think the 'confessional' is part of what I meant by overhearing: the
textual equivalent of eavesdropping, breaching privacy.
CW
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