Full Rewrites

[busker]

Does it help the person your critiqueing
to rewrite their poem completely?
Would it show what they could be doing,
or is that unhelpful?

What I'm saying is 
is it better to just give em' a little love tap
rather than go rough on them?
It's their decision if they want the crit or not
and I'm not necessarily a teacher,
I just give my honest opinion.

On one hand, whether it's bad or good 
is for the creator to decide between
but on the other, I want to be able
to not poison the people I crit
with my stupidity,
especially beginners.

What is your process, you,
the viewer of this post??????


What do you think????

Rewriting the pome doesn’t help in the slightest 
For one, there is no guarantee in most cases  that the rewrite will be significantly better
Secondly, in those cases where the OP is an absolute beginner and any rewrite will be an improvement, there is no self-learning that comes about as a result of the crit.
It’s like learning to drive - you don’t help by taking the wheel and showing how it’s done.