William, you get a big "BINGO" for that comment! Exactly. And notice that while a poem like this is clever and conveys a lot by implying rather than explicitly stating, it is NOT confusing or just a lot of pointless images strung together haphazardly. Real poetry is like song. The difference between this and modern poetry is like the difference between a Rembrandt and a canvas covered with haphazard blobs of paint.
I'll swing for the fences by saying poetry is a lot like listening about how to be human.
William, you get a big "BINGO" for that comment! Exactly. And notice that while a poem like this is clever and conveys a lot by implying rather than explicitly stating, it is NOT confusing or just a lot of pointless images strung together haphazardly. Real poetry is like song. The difference between this and modern poetry is like the difference between a Rembrandt and a canvas covered with haphazard blobs of paint.