10-10-2013, 11:21 PM
"I trust that disputing claims is acceptable here."
Not when they are not germane. It doesn't really matter if you can find an example of an obscure sonnet form that uses Alexandrines or not as your poem is so far removed from that form. Nor do I personally appreciate a person playing coy with such an obscure form so they can pull it out of their back pocket and say see, there is such a thing. As you had this information from the beginning you could have easily shared it, yet you waited until we said there are no sonnets that use Alexandrines (which today is more or less true) before you decided to enlighten us. You are not about improving your poetry, you are not about deepening your understanding of poetry, you are about game playing and scoring points.
"a site where people grow huffy"
I would say a correct, as well as measured response to someone who acts as you do.
Dale
Not when they are not germane. It doesn't really matter if you can find an example of an obscure sonnet form that uses Alexandrines or not as your poem is so far removed from that form. Nor do I personally appreciate a person playing coy with such an obscure form so they can pull it out of their back pocket and say see, there is such a thing. As you had this information from the beginning you could have easily shared it, yet you waited until we said there are no sonnets that use Alexandrines (which today is more or less true) before you decided to enlighten us. You are not about improving your poetry, you are not about deepening your understanding of poetry, you are about game playing and scoring points.
"a site where people grow huffy"
I would say a correct, as well as measured response to someone who acts as you do.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.