I like what Kate's written, too--hadn't thought about the poem as a response to the prevailing Freudian psychobabble of the time, but that fits perfectly!
Still, that admission doesn't detract from my God-given right to make a fool of myself in public by misinterpreting any poem any way I please. (Although I can't quite believe no one else sees a "Don't think you're any better than they were" vibe underlying the humor. Grumble. But I'll leave it there.)
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