Thanks for comments although some of them seem not to
have materialised at my end (I see replies to
originals I haven't seen). Your point about the
similarities of the situation I describe with the
symptoms of MS is extremely interesting, Sally J.
I wonder if any one would like to comment on the more
generalised issue of whether a poem must be able to
stand alone or can depend on the provision of
background information. Is such dependence only
appropriate to the draft stage? To what extent is it
pplausible to enjoy a poem while completely
misunderstanding the author's intention,
cheers, cara
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