Difficulty and allusiveness,yes, but with some poets it becomes esotericism and elusiveness: like the Snark, a flavour of will-o'-the-wisp. The problem is determining which it is. I'm not sure that Prynne engages in dialogue with his readers: I think his poems are objects which are there and whether the reader responds is up to him. I've heard people who claim to be influenced by Prynne reading their works and understood nothing.
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