Because emotions are natural to man, every person can relate in some way. Those emotions have to be expressed in a clear, understandable way. This is important so that one can apply their own emotion to the author's versatile way of describing emotion, rather than this complicated, obscure, & niche emotion only a few select feel.

Karr does not say that emotion is just enough. When a poem lacks the indication of who is speaking, the poet has failed their job. The emotion is lost among the reader, because it cannot be applied to any voice or person within the poem.

I think this point is interesting, because often in writing, & especially poetry, Authors try to incorporate as many decorations as possible. Oftentimes, that can lead to the business of a poem that complicates rather than expresses. I love Karr's point about how the primary purpose is to invoke emotion, rather than these formal elements orchestrated to ornament the poem, yet often leads the poem to be lost among the readers.

I think this point is interesting, because often in writing, & especially poetry, authors trie to sew in & incorporate as many figures of speech as they can. Often times, that can lead to the business of a poem that complicates rather than expresses. I love how Karr holds the invoking of emotion as the higher priority, rather than these formal elements that are so intentionally orchestrated to ornate, yet sometimes it is lost among the readers