tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post114418949604796048..comments2023-06-27T16:51:05.805+02:00Comments on The Pangrammaticon: On Being "Too Formulaic"Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861197.post-1144348982142424742006-04-06T20:43:00.000+02:002006-04-06T20:43:00.000+02:00It takes "insight" (in the sense that Jordan is pr...It takes "insight" (in the sense that Jordan is probably intending) to write a poem, even if you don't want your poems to convey that insight, or any other insight (in a sense Jordan probably is not after).<BR/><BR/>So I think my answer (just off the top of my head, mind you) is yes, if your two uses of "insight" don't mean the same thing.<BR/><BR/>I suppose I'm saying insight might be a legitimate <I>means</I> to poetry but not <I>end</I> of it. Since pedagogy is supposed to impart means, not ends, there would be no contradiction.<BR/><BR/>Jordan takes the product as evidence for the successful transferance of means. And I think this also suggests that formula are best for teaching and, perhaps, theorizing poetry, but are probably less suitable for writing it.<BR/><BR/>But I'm not going to assert that categorically.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com