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Re: Thoughts on poetry

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:53 pm
by Bob Pacey
I think that was in relation to the way that some people claim to understand Poetry when in fact they do not and are just going along with the crowd in their opinions.

Bob

Re: Thoughts on poetry

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 7:44 pm
by Neville Briggs
Bob, "the Emperors new clothes" is about people going along with opinion all right, but it is about joining the crowd to pretend to see things that are not there. So you are arguing that people who see poetry in modernist verse are just pretending to see poetry when it is not there. ;)
Maybe modernists are or are not poets but you are indeed arguing that the modernists are not poets when you use that phrase.

Thank you, your Honour, I rest my case. :geek:

Re: Thoughts on poetry

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:29 pm
by Bob Pacey
WHATEVER !


Not really interested in arguing the point as to who is right or who is wrong.



Bob

Re: Thoughts on poetry

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 6:37 am
by Heather
My nineteen year old says that, "Whatever!" :roll:

Re: Thoughts on poetry

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:12 pm
by Bob Pacey
Obviously a very astute and educated girl who also knows that life is to short to stress over such insignificant things.