Talk:Poetaster

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As much as I respect and enjoy their works, should George MacDonald or Tolkien be mentioned? While they were superb story tellers, their poetry was mediocre at best. Tolkien even alludes to the excuse that it was due to translational issues from Elvish, if I remember correctly. michaelb 17:25, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Is the death of a pet really a mundane subject, as it is referred to? 24.168.16.12 02:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * My understanding of "Ode on the Death..." is that it's allegorical anyway, so it's not even just about the death of a pet. (Well, so my university English courses would have it, and we all know having taken a university course on something makes one an expert, right?) Bouncybluepenguin (talk) 03:59, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

Is poetaster supposed to rhyme with disaster or taster? Hairyshoe 03:50, 26 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Any good poetaster should be able to make it rhyme with almost any inappropriate word but my dictionary suggests either pronunciation.  meltBanana  16:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't see either poet mentioned anymore. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.224.191.218 (talk) 20:59, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I have had discussions where "rhymer" was neutral--it simply referred to a rhyming poet--ie. "avid rhymer." Granted, given the context, "rhymer" is usually seen as a pejorative reflection of a person's poetic prowess, or as a reference to a person's membership in the class of sophomoric poets whose mastery of prosody doesn't extend past juvenile rhymes. "Usually," however, is not "always." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.89.240.243 (talk) 04:58, 11 November 2008 (UTC)  The article said "usually always"--I edited out the "always."

Are there other terms with the same meaning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fmeres (talk • contribs) 01:33, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I have a submission for the "modern use" section, but as I'm not a wiki guru I'll leave it to those who are to determine whether or not to place it. Dr. Dog in his song 'Livin' A Dream' uses the word in the spoken portion at the end of this song. It's notable for how he uses it, not strictly in a derogatory sense, but more as one who is at least striving for beauty, even if not obtaining it: "Help us climb out of this pitfall disaster led by dynasties, charlatans, but not poetasters." Findbosco (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:41, 3 December 2011 (UTC).