we don't like this kind of feedback in a workshop

[billy]

while a line by line is common in serious it's doesn't have to be objective, it can be subjective, how does each line or phrase affect you personally, where and why doesn't it work for you in particular, why does it work for you in particular. both objective and subjective feedback helps the poet, for the critic is can either or both they give. i find i go more with the subjective point of view in my feedback. when we learn to drive we go on all the roads, not just on the avenue where our house is. we have to stretch in order to grow. that said i also try and be objective if it's not my style of poetry.