03-27-2019, 12:05 PM
(03-27-2019, 11:51 AM)billy Wrote: yes and i think poets like frost while universally known are known for one specific poem and we all know which one that isPerhaps it should be - that's what I hoped to address when I asked for your definitions of "famous" and "poet."
maybe the question which is the most famous poem should be asked.
Should we be limiting ourselves to 'famous within a circle of well-read individuals' or 'famous within non-casual-readers-of-poetry' or 'famous within other writers'?
Or should we consider famous to include only the English-speaking world?
Or should famous include worlds beyond earth?
Should fame be only considered within the poet's lifetime?
Should "poet" require that they be a poet? Or that they're most known as a poet? Or that they were or were not paid for their poetry?
Should being known for only one work be a disqualifier of fame? I wonder who is most famous for committing suicide...?
I do enjoy debating and discussing, but to eliminate confusion and needless debate over the wrong points, I like to have the terms of the discussion clearly defined (unambiguously).
My lean is still toward Frost or Shakespeare. If they're too famous for too little, I'd lean toward Milton, but then I'm limiting the circle of included individuals significantly. I'd have liked to say Dickinson, but I doubt many of my friends could quote a complete line of hers.
If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.
"Or, if a poet writes a poem, then immediately commits suicide (as any decent poet should)..." -- Erthona
"Or, if a poet writes a poem, then immediately commits suicide (as any decent poet should)..." -- Erthona