Interpretation...is it valid critique?

[milo]

For instance, in brief crit of one of chris' poems, i simply said," this is too preachy and opinionated", and suggested a title change to fix the problem I was having with it. That's an example of interpretation; I was simply stating that the poem may be interpreted as a God's-gonna-damn-them-all-to-hell sermon.

this is not an example of interpretation. well, certainly not a good one.

Well, it may not be a good example of interpretation by definition. But the value is determined by its usefulness.

I would consider it more of a comment on technical merit (tone and voice)