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I'm glad you consider my existence to amount to no more than a firestarter.
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I assume this is addressed to me, regarding my catalyst comment. N,
of course I was talking about your contributions to this discussion not your entire "existence". At the moment, despite how often you post, you appear to have very little to say about Shakespeare's life and work to the point where it's unclear if you actually know much about either. You mainly just repeat the same obsessive idea about Shakespeare making all further poetry pointless and ignore anyone who raises any objections to this bizarre notion. If you genuinely believe what you said in post 117 then it's very sad and misguided. And now you seem to have entered the "Plan 9 From Outer Space" school of literary criticism.
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He was just so perfect, so above us pathetic mortals
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Puny earthlings!!
N, I would think you were a troll if it weren’t for the fact that you have posted poems here that do show some actual skill, despite the archaisms that many here dislike. But you’re not going to persuade anybody to your viewpoint. You’re just not.
If I were you, I would stop engaging on this thread and take time to go back and just read it instead. Slowly and carefully, as if it has nothing to do with you. Read the well-meaning, thoughtful responses to your ideas and try to really think about them. Read the fascinating discussion from people who love literature and poetry. Break down your defences and try to listen.
Cheers.