05-09-2015, 05:23 AM
I wish readers joy of trying to figure out which I is me and which I is entirely fabricated. Of course, there is always something of me in my I...
but I don't mind slipping on an entirely different perspective. It's what challenges us and makes us grow as human beings. If everyone could take a closer look at the other side, we'd have a great deal more understanding and tolerance.Then again, politicians aren't poets so that's that theory screwed.
The irritating thing (ok, one of the irritating things, because there are many) about this mistaking the I for the writer in poetry is that (sane) people never watch a movie and assume that the lead actor really is the person they're playing. Most people don't read a novel from first person and think it's an autobiography. Get a clue: a poem is not a diary entry, even if it sometimes looks like one.
but I don't mind slipping on an entirely different perspective. It's what challenges us and makes us grow as human beings. If everyone could take a closer look at the other side, we'd have a great deal more understanding and tolerance.Then again, politicians aren't poets so that's that theory screwed.
The irritating thing (ok, one of the irritating things, because there are many) about this mistaking the I for the writer in poetry is that (sane) people never watch a movie and assume that the lead actor really is the person they're playing. Most people don't read a novel from first person and think it's an autobiography. Get a clue: a poem is not a diary entry, even if it sometimes looks like one.
It could be worse