Shaun,
I''m not defending the poem. In Wagner's "Meistersinger" Hans Sachs tells the young genius not to despise the conventional and unoriginal. It's keeping the seat warm for the real thing. We all know that the real thing was available for them had they perceived it but at least the idea may impinge that there is something called "poetry". Kids raised on popular rubbish can only find this a little more challenging.
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