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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
A really good critique of critiques of poetry, but part of its main thesis—where great Poetry only exists in the negative—is that great poets make reference towards the impossibility of great Poetry by acknowledging/making space for the virtual. I find this tendency of bemoaning the impossibility of actual language, most of the time, really fucking annoying. It's incredibly difficult for me to feel any sympathy for something who says "I can't find the words." I would rather they just keep on not finding any words than pulling out the garbage of words explaining their lack of words.
challenging
medium-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I couldn't even finish this essay. I found it dull and of little merit. Maybe all of the good bits are near the end? I made it about a quarter of the way through and had to call it quits.
tense
slow-paced
This is the best defense of poetry I've read. It's lucid, compelling, and digs right down to the central tension of the poetic project: that it's impossible to not fall short.
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Interesting, has more of an academic tone that I thought it would have