01-01-2012, 04:24 PM
Actually I meant: clarify where the line is in terms of what is OK to post in this section and what is not (what has thus far been expressed as staying on topic). I suspect that speaking as an apologist is crossing that line because it has moved away from straight critique.
The difference: A critique deals with how well and to what impact the meaning is expressed in a poem, not what the meaning is, or it's value, either relative or absolute. It is the difference between
1. Does a poem achieve it's goal? (Critic)
2. Is that goal good/valid? (Apologist/moralist)
The difference: A critique deals with how well and to what impact the meaning is expressed in a poem, not what the meaning is, or it's value, either relative or absolute. It is the difference between
1. Does a poem achieve it's goal? (Critic)
2. Is that goal good/valid? (Apologist/moralist)
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.