10-13-2017, 03:25 PM
For me, all poems are literal, and then there are the things that make it a real poem like metaphor and metonymy, you know, jive stuff. The things that make it untrue so it can be a real poem.
And when you read books of literary criticism, especially those on poets and poems, someone says this and this and this, and then gives two examples to prove their point, usually by the same poet, then say they could give more examples from the same poet or from another but don't, then make another 30 page proposition and examine one poem that suits it. And go on and on for a mere 178 pages, then cite about three hundred references.
And when you read books of literary criticism, especially those on poets and poems, someone says this and this and this, and then gives two examples to prove their point, usually by the same poet, then say they could give more examples from the same poet or from another but don't, then make another 30 page proposition and examine one poem that suits it. And go on and on for a mere 178 pages, then cite about three hundred references.