Intention and Critique

[QDeathstar]

Because I want to write a poem about a grape, not an orange. The critique is for the poet, not the person giving the critique. It doesn't affect the poems merits as a poem about oranges, but if the author wants to write a poem about grapes, they should get advice on writing a grape poem, not an orange one.

but, surely, what ellla is saying is that a critique based on such a fundamental misapprehension of authorial intent would lead to positive results in editing, anyway.

perhaps.