Thursday, April 1, 2010

Making Meaning

The two poems both utilize flowery writing to describe nature, but this is very misleading. What we sometimes think of as a "beautiful dance" that a tree might do actually serves a purpose for the three. Simple movements and events in nature have a selfish, important purpose. Things aren't beautiful just so we can admire and describe them.
Language is a slippery vehicle because many words can employ a double meaning. Additionally, different readers can find different meanings in the same writing, which could lead to a piece being interpreted in ways the author didn't mean for.

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