As for the argument that it is all a matter of taste; well, I find that argument a little flawed. The appreciation of poetry may indeed depend on taste, but quite honestly, I am not sure we are even dealing with poetry. There are certain groundrules for poetry, after all, and these are not a matter of taste. Meter, rhythm? Has Alrik even heard of these things? Or did he just string random sentences together that felt nicely pretentious? I know where my money is.
When reading litterature history in School some pepole were complaining about this when romantism changed to realism. That happened somwhere in the 1840s...
After that contence was more important than form in the general eye (exept some conservatives (not talking politics here, just taste)).
Übereil
