*coughs* Because, really, to an extent a poet should be crafting Every Word With Intent And Meaning, but what culture and context and reader and unconscious connections bring to the poem mean that even if the poet has tried to do so, there's going to be unplanned stuff in there, just as much as there'll be planned stuff that doesn't quite click. (Especially if it's not done with sledgehammer symbolism, and really, I got tired of that after getting all the way through Pilgrim's Progress.)
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Date: 2013-07-07 08:34 pm (UTC)*coughs* Because, really, to an extent a poet should be crafting Every Word With Intent And Meaning, but what culture and context and reader and unconscious connections bring to the poem mean that even if the poet has tried to do so, there's going to be unplanned stuff in there, just as much as there'll be planned stuff that doesn't quite click. (Especially if it's not done with sledgehammer symbolism, and really, I got tired of that after getting all the way through Pilgrim's Progress.)