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

[email protected] (NancyGene) posted:
> Will Dockery wrote:
> > [email protected] (George J. Dance) posted:
> >> Will Dockery wrote:
> >> 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.
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> >> 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!
> >> 
> >> No surprise we would turn out to be on comparable levels.
> >> 
> >> You always do tend to overrate yourself, Harry.
> >> 
> >> *Crickets and cicadas*
> >
> > A day later...
> > 
> > More *Crickets and cicadas"*
> 
> are you aware that "cucadas"  

Another typo, now corrected.

Thanks for the heads-up, NG.

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