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Other things have been said as well, Janice, not only this. For instance,
A style is learned by sedentary toil
And by the imitation of great masters.
I doubt Yeats did much critiquing, yet he was a pretty good poet wouldn't you say?
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Yes, I
would say he was a pretty good poet.
I don't know how much critiquing he did, but he was a founding member of the Rhymer's Club, a group that met to discuss their poems. So I suppose--only suppose, mind you--that he critiqued some.
Nonetheless, all serious poets study good work (which is, I think, a kind of critiquing, whether public or not) and then invent, deviate, fiddle and experiment.
Nice to see you posting again, Andrew.