Do you think poetry is all about interpretation?
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Do you think poetry is all about interpretation?
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Take Frost's poem, Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening. People have interpreted the ending as an allusion to the narrator's impending death and all sorts of other ridiculous things. When asked what the meaning of the poem was Frost replied that it was simply what it said - stopping in the woods to watch the snow falling.
Here ... go read this "poem" by a famous "literary" personality - Gertrude Stein - and ask yourself if justice would not be served if this pretentious fraud were to be tarred and feathered and dumped into the nearest rubbish landfill.
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Mrs_Zucco wrote:I do not think poetry is "all" about interpretation; nor do I think any one person can honestly judge whether a poem is good or bad based solely on interpretation. Putting aside the other ways of judging a poem, (whether it is a contest or has a required form standard) interpretation in it's own right, (an explanation of what one person understands something to mean that is being told to another) is not a tangible area to judge. Interpretation can easily be tainted by the interpreter's own senses or memories, his life history; thus, he may interpret a writing in a completely different way than what the author intended. Can we, then, state the poem is bad because the author's view when writing it was not the same as view the interpreter received when he read it? No. I believe that which invites us to "think" is good. All emotion and action starts with a single thought. It's my opinion that whether or not in a required, standard form; true art not only leaves the viewer or reader with a sense of what the product is in its obvious sense, but a spark of emotion, a lingering moment of thought, a question, a doubt, perhaps an awareness or invitation to peruse that subject in one's own memory for an awakening, a memory of denied, unfinished business disguised as a brilliant analogy, a tender smile, that one, single tear. In no way does this mean if the product does not provoke such an emotion it is a failure. In the form of a poem, the information has all ready been gathered, reconstructed or dusted off and put into play on the page; where it awaits the right person to read and receive. It is unique to the soul, to the character; it is not for only one, but for many kindred spirits or formed camraderies between readers and authors over decades and generations. Poetry is special in the sense that it is only what the reader wants, needs, or expects it to be. The meaning of the words are, in fact, left up for interpretation, but also, for empathy, awareness, association, or simply for rest.
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