tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437685873398520198.post3948028749008655817..comments2024-02-28T10:21:21.000+00:00Comments on visual-poetics: Language and the weight of knowledgeJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06090382196937582571noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437685873398520198.post-64383365270182674442015-09-28T15:29:19.375+01:002015-09-28T15:29:19.375+01:00I realise looking at this post now that the underw...I realise looking at this post now that the underwear itself might not actually have been torn but that it might have been the fragmentary nature of reflection making it appear torn. I love this about poetry that you can glean so many meanings from it on reading and re-reading.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090382196937582571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437685873398520198.post-383735522428367102015-07-08T16:06:33.532+01:002015-07-08T16:06:33.532+01:00Thanks for the link to that Tim. I have skimmed i...Thanks for the link to that Tim. I have skimmed it but will give it a more in depth read when I get time. I quite like the reader to bring some baggage to reading a poem - but wonder if too much can impede - for example - if your reader always assumes a blackbird before giving the poem a chance to reveal what the bird is they might miss some subtle clues as to the type of bird. I have noticed this in some of my classes - some people always assume a romantic relationship if there are two people in a poem - whereas others always assume a parent and child. I find it fascinating.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090382196937582571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6437685873398520198.post-14893069010047795532015-07-08T11:38:42.675+01:002015-07-08T11:38:42.675+01:00I worry about these issues too. "house" ...I worry about these issues too. "house" could be so many things. In real life the context helps, but for the "torn underwear" the only context is the poem. There are styles of poetry that encourage the poet's use of the context to control the connotations (strengthening some, weakening others). More fragmentary, white-spacey styles are happy for each phrase to maintain a web of meanings that overlap other webs. Those webs are shaped by the reader. If they read that a "bird" is in a garden, some people choose an option early (e.g. "blackbird"), backtracking if necessary (the bird may turn out to be an ostrich). Some people use parallel processing, especially if they're reading poetry. Sometimes the bird is only a symbol anyway, so any generic "bird" will do. I think some poets encourage readers to bring their "own baggage" while others (using disruption etc) suppress it. <br />There's more about this on <a href="http://litrefsarticles.blogspot.co.uk/1999/02/ingarden-and-sense-of-resolution.html" rel="nofollow">Ingarden and the Sense of Resolution</a><br />Tim Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00578925224900533603noreply@blogger.com