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Originally Posted by Richard G
I appreciate that, it's just that I'm rather at a loss to know what to do about it. How can one anticipate unwanted, or wanted, come to that, associations? And should one?
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Well, of course one can't and shouldn't anticipate random associations people might have, but perhaps when it seems as if it might be referencing something well known ... In this case, the only time I have ever before encountered the word "owl-light" is in "Altarwise by Owl-Light," which is (I think?) a pretty famous poem. I actually thought (I understand now this is not the case) that Thomas had coined the term, so to me it was a bit like using the word "goldengrove" in a poem and expecting people not to think of "Margaret, are you grieving ...".
But I shouldn't have said anything. My apologies.