As I tried to explain before, poetry is different from reading a story. In poetry, the poet attempts to string the words into lines that create images. Although our images may be similar, we do interpret them each in our own way...so there is no way I can know exactly what my words say to you, what images they have painted.
The truth is, sometimes even the poet does not have a clear image and only learns what the message is from some reader who sees more clearly.
As I tried to explain before, poetry is different from reading a story. In poetry, the poet attempts to string the words into lines that create images. Although our images may be similar, we do interpret them each in our own way...so there is no way I can know exactly what my words say to you, what images they have painted.
The truth is, sometimes even the poet does not have a clear image and only learns what the message is from some reader who sees more clearly.