12-07-2011, 07:32 PM
I am glad I sparked off this discussion. I've read an awful lot of poetry - good, bad and indifferent (and a lot of it I am unable to assess fairly because it isn't to my taste...something Leanne touched on in another thread)..But, I do think that well-known poets of the likes of Keats and Wordsworth wrote wonderful pieces, but when I've delved deeper and read more of their work they havent been able to reach the heights all the time... if they were us- no one would consider printing the duds. They seem immune once they've established themselves. (Mind you....arguing against myself here - I don't know how all of their work was received at point of first printing)