02-27-2011, 03:12 PM
i didn't need nor want explanation, though reading your feedback i did see you pose many questions. both rhetorical and non rhetorical.
would you prefer no reply, i knew what hypnagogic meant. not wanting to get in a debate on someone elses poem but if we don't understand a piece of vocabulary isn't it up to us to find out what it means. by the standard of "i don't understand a certain word therefore it doesn't work for me" means that many many brilliant poems are beyond the reach of those with average vocabularies. i can't accept thats the case. for me it's all about expanding...vocab, lucidity, boundaries,
while i agree that to explain a poem takes something from it, i think explanations given to questions are relevant. and on that note i shall side step away.
would you prefer no reply, i knew what hypnagogic meant. not wanting to get in a debate on someone elses poem but if we don't understand a piece of vocabulary isn't it up to us to find out what it means. by the standard of "i don't understand a certain word therefore it doesn't work for me" means that many many brilliant poems are beyond the reach of those with average vocabularies. i can't accept thats the case. for me it's all about expanding...vocab, lucidity, boundaries,
while i agree that to explain a poem takes something from it, i think explanations given to questions are relevant. and on that note i shall side step away.