When dealing with an enormous topic such as poetry, it does help to narrow the field to a specific area. However, a responsible writer indicates that as a process, rather than acting as if the rest of the material doesn't exist.
So for instance, a poem can matter on an internal or external basis, individual or localized or very widespread scale, and so forth. Different types of poetry have different purposes. If a depressed person finds writing poetry to help express buried feelings, then it certainly matters to them -- even if nobody else ever reads it. But that's a whole different approach than poetry meant to move large groups of people.
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Re: Thoughts
Date: 2013-03-01 11:45 pm (UTC)So for instance, a poem can matter on an internal or external basis, individual or localized or very widespread scale, and so forth. Different types of poetry have different purposes. If a depressed person finds writing poetry to help express buried feelings, then it certainly matters to them -- even if nobody else ever reads it. But that's a whole different approach than poetry meant to move large groups of people.