tommywallach Wrote:Hey Strawberry,
Ooo, I powerfully disagree. This is one of the most opinionated essays I've ever read (it even goes so far as to say "I believe...", which is a sure sign of a real opinion)!
The thesis here is that Byron is not a literary poet, but a biographical poet (i.e. we read his work to learn about him, not to appreciate the writing). On the other side of the scale (not the author's side) would be the idea that he is actually a good writer.
Hope that helps!
-t
Tommy, thanks for the response! I was thinking about this as well. However, why wouldn't this be a passage lacking a true scale? It seems that the passage is pretty one-sided and doesn't even mention other critics/skeptics/etc. I would say that the main point is that Byron's poetry is simply a reflection of Byron himself and, to read it as otherwise, would be to grossly undermine the importance of Byron's work.
Did you get your scale from the second paragraph in which it talks about how Byron is not a "great" poet? How did you
know to deduce a scale from that? I am trying to get these fundamentals down.
; it really helps my thought processes.
