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Originally Posted by Andrew Mandelbaum
I wonder how many great lines have been written twice or more times, independently. And whole poems flowing in very similar patterns when we are exposed to the same algorhythms, images, and progressions more and more will become more common, especially in overworked, tired minds pushing for output.
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Fair enough, but you've seen examples by poets Lightman has gone after, right? (Ward, Mack, Nunn, being the only three where I've seen examples). You know that this is not what they were doing? They were very clearly taking whole poems written by other people and changing words and phrases and here and there, maybe adding or removing the odd line, and not crediting the original; they did so multiple times, and have admitted to doing so. Most likely you do know this and were making an independent point, but I just thought I'd check.
Matt