Pound vs. Eliot

[milo]

If, by "knowing" the author through her work you are increasing your understanding we are left with 2 options:

1. The author deliberately included this requirement suggesting poor writing and egocetricism.

2. The author accidentally included it suggesting poor writing through lack of control.

Ohhhhh please.

I guess the palpable poet's anxiety in Milton's "When I Consider" shows us his terrible lack of control, or that he was an egotist? Maybe both?

I will stop here. You don't need to know a single thing about Milton to enjoy this. in addition, being able to create a narrator with anxiety is different than having anxiety.

you are stuck in a very basic, very beginner mind set here.

Do NOT confuse the narrator with the poet.

as for the rest of your very long diatribe, you need to understand the difference between using personal experiences to convey a shared human experience and writing a diary entry. You show, clearly, that you cannot differentiate.