Who else thinks poetry analysis is ...?

Question

The best thing ever? It totally rocks my face off!

The things we do to get a degree...

Answer 1

Yes, but...

I think it was originally said about analysis of films.

"Yes, you can dissect it, but what are your chances of having anything living afterwards?"

I'll stand by my Kipling:
"But the Devil whoops as he whooped of old: 'It's clever, but is it Art?' "
(The Conundrum of the Workshops)