03-25-2012, 11:29 AM
I don't detest the Bard, I just detest his pedestal -- it is my mission (self-imposed) to keep Willy humble 
The abstraction idea is one I absolutely agree with. When writing poetry (if we are thinking about it, not just spewing "feelings" onto a page), we're highly aware of the construction of phrase and meaning, so the external world must first be internalised for the poet to re-externalise it... I know what I mean anyway!
Byron was chasing his sister... and it worked, so I suppose there are worse examples to hold up...
The abstraction idea is one I absolutely agree with. When writing poetry (if we are thinking about it, not just spewing "feelings" onto a page), we're highly aware of the construction of phrase and meaning, so the external world must first be internalised for the poet to re-externalise it... I know what I mean anyway!
Byron was chasing his sister... and it worked, so I suppose there are worse examples to hold up...
It could be worse