Vox Populi:

Generally, our culture teaches us to read poems as riddles, problems for which we must find an answer. Our primary concern is to formulate an explanation of the poem. And that misses not only an aspect of its meaning but the fundamental core of its meaning, for a poem is first and foremost an art object, something that gives us pleasure.

In our day-to-day lives we use language sort of the way we use luggage, i.e., to transport something we deem of more value than the luggage itself, the meaning. But once the meaning is delivered, the luggage, the language, is irrelevant. We order food at a restaurant, we make a grocery list, we tell someone we like their shoes. Once the thought or feeling is communicated, the language itself is dispensable, and often the specific words and their order are not crucial to carrying that meaning. In fact, an occasional malapropism or misplaced modifier in these daily communications generally can be ignored because context allows us to understand what is meant. And even in the absence of such errors, there are various syntaxes and dictions one could use to carry the same meaning and any one of them will suffice without harm to the intent.

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