(11-16-2010, 03:42 AM)Todd Wrote: Thanks Lawrence. I'll look at the horse lines. I think you and Billy are on to something (which I've always believed) explain a poem and you lose something.i think the reason for the phenomenon is the fact we all take something different from a poem. if it's explained and we get it wrong then it' like the poet has taken that 'something' we received from the poem, back.
Appreciate the comments.
i think it shows how different we see things in the analysis thread here.
while i got the think wrong what i felt worked for me.
addy i felt did a good analysis and came up with something different.
lawrence also, the thing was; what we took from the piece when we analysed it was our own truth (i think)
it's one of the reasons i'm not keen on footnotes etc, it's like the author is stealing something from me before i even start the read.