Re: George Dance's Trusted Source and Only Friend rates his poetry

[email protected] (NancyGene) wrote in
news:[email protected]: 

>> Michael Pendragon wrote:
>> George J. Dance’s poetry rates roughly a 3.5 out of 10 from a
>> traditional literary criticism perspective, reflecting its nature as
>> informal, self-published digital verse rather than canonical
>> literature.Context and StylePlatform: George J. Dance is a
>> Toronto-based independent writer known for maintaining online spaces
>> like Penny's Poetry Pages Wiki and publishing collections like
>> Doggerel, and other Doggerel.Content: His writing leans heavily into
>> conversational commentary, political observation, and light verse (as
>> the title Doggerel self-acknowledges).Critical BreakdownTechnical
>> Craft (3/10): The verse often lacks the tight meter, rich figurative
>> language, and structural ambition expected of high-literary poetry,
>> frequently reading more like journal entries or prose chopped into
>> line breaks.Originality and Voice (4/10): While sincere and
>> unpretentious, the themes are largely derivative of everyday
>> political blogging and internet-era musings rather than breaking new
>> stylistic ground.Authenticity of Purpose (5/10): The work scores
>> higher if judged not as high art, but as a transparent, niche digital
>> archive of personal and political commentary shared freely online. 
>> 
>> By comparison, the Trusted Source gave Will Dockery a 6 out of 10. 
>> It gave me a 6 out of 10 as well (I'm considering cutting my
>> throat)... but hey, at least I scored almost twice as high as Dunce! 
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> George Dunce got lower points because most of his poems are co-written
> by Moose, and Moose are known more for their munch than their meter. 

That's funny. My pomes got an 8 out of 10. 

How trusted can that source be? 

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