Epic Poetry ... poem/read dynamic

[Tim Strzechowski]

>
> Tim, Milton aside, why do you say Shade's poem lacks a poem/reader
> dynamic? I don't ask to put you on the spot, but inasmuch as it
> strikes me as very musical and redolent of Nabokov's own ideas (as
> David and I have been discussing), and because parts of it are very
> affecting, I guess I'm willing to risk putting you on the spot (grin) to
> find out what it is I'm missing - or what it is that's missing that I'm
> not seeing.
>

Putting me on the spot??   : )    I'll be happy to get on my soapbox
regarding the Shade poem, but right now a White Sox game awaits me (and
sorry, but baseball takes priority with my six-year-old).

Let me respond to your valid question, but later tonight!

Tim