03-05-2015, 05:02 AM
Shem -- on the use of quotes in poetry -- I am of the opinion that if it's obvious that the poet knows it's a quote and is using it as such, then it's intertext, allusion or pastiche and requires no acknowledgement. Those who understand the reference will feel that the poem is enriched as it should be, and those who don't won't notice one way or another.
It could be worse