This poem reminds me of the poem our class read called, "Introduction to Poetry," because it sounded like the author of "The Secret" was describing the concept that "Introduction to Poetry" explained about how people trying to analyze a poem get much more meaning and information out of the poem that the author of the poem had intended.
The author of the poem, Levertov, describes how two girls find something profound in a line of poetry that the author herself did not intend to write about.
I liked how the author was not upset about the girls finding something deeper in her piece than she intended. In fact, she described "the secret" the girls had found in the poetry, as a secret she had forgot about and was not able to find anymore. It is a great description of how poetry can have ambiguous meanings.
The poem is split into nine stanzas, and the stanzas are all four lines each. It is interesting how each of the sentences or lines are split up because it makes the poem choppier than it needs to be. The last line of each sentence has either one or two words.
That's a good comparison. It is similar to the other poem. It does confirm the idea that poetry is ambiguous. Good thoughts.
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