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I never claimed to know anything, although as I could never imagine telling anyone at any point in my life 'you think you know everything at that age', in some respects I appear to be more mature than you. But I didn't realise this was some sort of contest until you began getting defencive. *shrug* But I suppose you know best.
When I say that I know what I'm talking about in terms of poetry, it has nothing to do with age. Some types of knowledge come with experience. I've been writing poems since I first learned to write (and probably before), and during my life I've spent time analalyzing poetry - both my own and that of others. I've looked at things, I've read things, I've fitted things together, and I've figured out what I like the sound of, and what catches my eye in a poem.
A good deal of this is opinion. I personally enjoyed this poem. I pointed out some of the things that I feel make this poem good. That's just how I feel about them. I also didn't say it was the best poem I'd ever read, and it isn't up to professional standards. But for a first poem, I think it's decent. I'm not claiming to be a professor of English or anything, but I do know what I like and dislike in a poem. And I liked this poem.
I never said you had to like it. I never said you had to think it was good. I never claimed that my opinion about this poem was some kind of fact. You're the one picking fights. You don't have to like a poem, but just because I do doesn't make me unintelligent.
"For each time mankind progresses, man himself regresses."
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