Sense And Sound (2015-02-24)
A stupid question: “What does that poem mean?”
A smart question: “What does that poem mean to you?"
The meaning of a poem is created by an individual’s interaction with the poem. So all poems have multiple meanings. Ambiguity in an instruction manual is a bad thing, but ambiguity is an important component of a poem.
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