ext_48350 ([identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] poliphilo 2008-09-08 11:10 am (UTC)

Re: Sonnets

I agree. The idea that poetry reflects- or should reflect- authentic personal experience is a romantic idea. You find it first in people like Coleridge. And I think it has seriously distorted our view of what poetry is and does.


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