I would like to be able to do close readings and to see all those little things that others see. I think it would help me with my own poetry. On the other hand, what I enjoy most in poetry is the magic and mystery. I don't want to destroy that. In some ways, I suppose, close readings enhance the mystery because poetry is slippery. I don't mean as in slippery eels or fishes, of course. Jill
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