I like the tangential thing too - but only because I think it adds a dimension to my understanding or to the meaning. by singling out a phrase in the poem that's not a major phrase, or picking something tangential, what that says is "and also, think about this." or it makes the minor phrase more important. or it impinges on the reading of the poem - that's what titles do, like it or not, in some ways they become the lens through which the poem is seen. IMO.
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Date: 2007-05-21 05:53 am (UTC)I like the tangential thing too - but only because I think it adds a dimension to my understanding or to the meaning. by singling out a phrase in the poem that's not a major phrase, or picking something tangential, what that says is "and also, think about this." or it makes the minor phrase more important. or it impinges on the reading of the poem - that's what titles do, like it or not, in some ways they become the lens through which the poem is seen. IMO.