zodiac27 May 2005

Christ, I'm glad that's resolved.

Is the following true?

1) -=Dark_Angel=-,P.I. believes there are a finite number of correct interpretations for a poem, i.e., the interpreter has gotten at an idea or meaning the author deliberately included. He probably thinks this because he's British.

2) Dovina believes there are a nearly infinite number of correct interpretations for a poem, as the author can have unwittingly (and/or through a practiced use of ambiguity) included a bunch of ideas which he or she wasn't aware of while writing. She probably thinks that because she lives in California.

Not that any of this matters anyway, but it seems the conversation's stuck in that bog for at least one of you.