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Originally Posted by Mark McDonnell
But 'craft' is vital.
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Certainly. As I think Bazzett would argue as well. But I think craft--and here he means all manner of things, from form to pentameter to a Eliot's 'sad punctuation'--is but a tool and not the thing itself.
Even if we agree, we must be reminded of it. Many a time I've bucked at deconstructing my sonnet because it was a sonnet. We've had writers here who wouldn't and couldn't.
Perhaps it's a less meaningful piece in this venue, though, since we already have a number of strong writers who more or less agree with Bazzett and say so in the threads.