Everybody had read it, and everybody was discussing whether or not it was really poetry.

每个人都读了，每个人都在讨论它是否算得上真正的诗。

youdao

The problem, though, is that while there may or may not be a market for poetry, no one really knows for sure.

尽管问题在于有没有诗集的销售市场，但是很少有人确切知晓。

youdao

From the theory point, there were not many materials that really displayed the core concept of the Gong Ti poetry.

从理论形态而言，真正表现宫体诗核心观念的材料并不多。

youdao

Eliot was there, in that essay on the metaphysical poets that I'm quoting from, defending as necessary what is the primary characteristic, not only of his own poetry, but really of modern poetry generally, what is often called its difficulty.

艾略特在描写那些抽象派诗人的文章里,就是我引用的那篇，极力维护,诗人的首要特征，不仅是因为他自身的诗性，更因为维护现代诗歌的必要，这是非常困难的一件事。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Email is good at some things that IM is not, like composing a long, thoughtful reply, writing poetry or essays, or really anything where you need more than the granularity of a single line of text in which to compose your thoughts.

ENGADGET: Interview with David E. Weekly, Founder of Coceve and www.IMsmarter.com