Bill, in what meaningful way can the adjective “conservative” be applied to the language-use of those few poets who created worlds and epochs out of language? I’m sure you realize, for instance, that Dante’s decision to write an epic in the vernacular was roundly disapproved by a lot of learned literate types, and for centuries at that? I don’t get your point, other than as a tongue-in-cheek dismissal. Please gift me with an explanation.
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