Re: Re : Poems and Meanings ...

Sreenivas Paruchuri (sreeni@ktpsp1.uni-paderborn.de)
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 16:26:39 +0200 (MET DST)

>> prasad saripalli wrote :

> This was Kanneganti Rama Rao gari opinion also. I wonder if they meant it
>
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I strongly disagree with most of your message. Ari Sitaramayya gaaru already
said, what I was going to ask also. So, I just have one more question to add.

> One reason for their thinking must be their belief in poetry as a social
> instrument. It follows naturally that they should demand 'clarity, total
> communication' through all poetry. I maintain that poetry can be an
> instrument for change, but the poet does not conciously intend it to be.
> The moment (s)he assumes this illusion, his poetry looses its magic.
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Agreed that the poet(ess) may not conciously intend it. But, why is it an
"illusion"?

Regards,
Sreenivas