I read another blog about poetry that came from someone who is outside of our class blogs. His take seemed a little biased against poetry as he gave a small history on poetry. This blogger made the observation that poets usually have some sort of neurotic disorder or have a "tortured soul." The sarcasm behind the observations saved this blog from becoming a rant against poetry, but I think it makes light of what people perceive poetry to be. He jokes about how a poet needs to die in another country like Italy to truly become famous.

He runs down the list of different periods of poetry, picking out a few poets from each. For the Romantic period he writes, "This era begins when Jean-Jacques Rousseau finds that he cries more than other people, especially in forests. Lots of people live off their parents' estates, have mistresses that are close relatives, wear their collars open, catch colds and die young." As I read how he has stereotyped the Romantic era, I couldn't help but laugh because it pretty much sums it up (if disregard all the intellectual stuff).

It was refreshing to read something lighthearted and not really serious related to our class. And although it's interesting reading all the theory, at times its fun just to read another person's theory about poetry.