Please leave and never return if you agree with any of the following;
>you read any form of genre fiction
>you think fantasy, science fiction, detective fiction, young adult fiction or horror are literature
>you barely know your classics
>you tend to believe that if you like a given work, it is justified on an artistic level
>you think everyone's opinion should be accepted and respected
>you speak a single language
>you read contemporary versions of Shakespeare or Milton
>you read for the plot
>you read for entertainment
>you rarely read nonfiction
>you don't have a solid grounding in philosophy
>you do not at least have some understanding of the Three Tragedians and Homer
>you have little to no understanding of literature outside of your cultural horizon
>you have little to no understanding of literature within your own cultural horizon (muh african authors)
>you mostly read contemporary literature
>you believe 'the author is dead'
>you make your literary analysis proceed from ideology
>you think intricate prose is 'pretentious' and that the author 'should just get to the point'
>your rarely read poetry
>you think Rhythm and Rhyme are just useless rules and laws restricting creativity
>you have a hard time explaining why you like a given work
>you have a hard time forming structured and relevant literary criticism
>you tend to refuse to judge works for yourself, rather relying on the opinions of literary authorities
>you rarely read for more than one or two hours straight
This is a board about literature. You're not welcome here. Please take your plebeian garbage to /b/ or reddit, where you will find both a demographic and a general atmosphere more consistent with your tastes and your culture.
>>9415133
reminder to report spam threads
>>9415133
Don't spam this please : we want the plebs to leave, and the spam of this thread will cause the mods to delete its further occurrences, thereby stopping us from shaming the plebs into submission or departure.
>>9415148
bro, it doesn't look like the fucking plebs are leaving! why the fuck do you think I corrected the pasta and re posted it?
>>9415154
>corrected
Pretty sure the construction of rhythm and rhyme was alright. They're considered as a single entity : "Rhythm-and-Rhyme" is just [...]
>>9415167
>Pretty sure
cool story bro