Askew

[Leanne]

I don't remember what prompted me to break my own rule and offer explanation so early in the game, but look at the mischief it caused! That's pretty much the reason I don't do it -- people tend, through no fault of their own, to pay attention to the "Spark Notes" rather than drawing their own conclusions.

I would always use an article with "the Lethe"... Keats be buggered! I wouldn't say "drink from Thames" (well, not unless I wished severe gastric distress upon someone).

I do like your reading, thanks Edward. Good poetry should, in my opinion, be applicable to several situations as people are much the same throughout the world and throughout history.

I am desperately holding on to cave/Lethe/dark/underground as to me, those are the keys to the impetus for the poem. I realise that the situation has moved on and that new readers' experiences are different but I'm afraid I'm going to be steadfast on those points. As there's no real technical need to change, just different viewpoints (which are valid and welcome, but subject to being discarded as I've mentioned before), I find I must hold my own.