Humorous and didactic efforts, mere jokes or commonplace sermons, do not become poetical because they are put in metre or rhythm.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
When a prose writer is purely didactic without any emotional or aesthetic appeal he is no poet.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
It is manifestly absurd also for an author to give in metre didactic works which could be better written in prose.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell