Should I provide a paraphrase (explanation) with each poem to facilitate the reader's understanding?

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  • Sagar Patil - 12 years ago

    Thank you so much GoodBoy and Saloni or your opinions. :)

  • GB - 13 years ago

    Well, you shouldn't according to me, and for that matter no poet should, I believe. Because a poem should be complete by itself and even if the poem is abstract, it should appeal differently to different readers rather not appealing at all (which I'd call a failure poem). A poem should be complete in itself. My two cents :)

  • Saloni - 13 years ago

    Well you should provide explanations for some poems which seem to need them!

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