Albert,
'Everyone wrote it, from schoolchildren to government ministers, even the King of Bavaria,'
Overlooking the obvious hyperbole there, there is that whole spectrum of people between schoolchildren (who are still made to write poetry as part of their education) and the genteel and aristocratic classes. What of the working class who were busy working and labouring?
And even if I accepted as a fact that Everyone in Germany at that time was writing poetry, I don't see that can be simply extrapolated to the whole of Europe, with all its varied educational and social systems.
Michael,
I've just read some of the latest issue of Amaze, and I must say I've moved closer to your position on cinquains--lol. I'm not at all impressed.
Regards, Maz
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