Yet poets of the older generation tend to stress practical experience and criticize poetry professors for reciting theoretical mumbo--jumbo while not necessarily being able to write poetry well them-selves. "It's like trying to teach someone how to swim in a classroom."
但老一輩的人講實際，認為教詩的教授只會講理論，也不見得會寫，「像在教室裡教游泳一樣」。