Critic: Emily Dickinson's poetry demonstrates that meaning cannot reside entirely within a poem itself, but is always the unique result of an interaction between a reader's system of beliefs and the poem; and, of course, any two readers from different cultures or eras have radically different systems of beliefs.
If the critic's statements are true, each of the following could be true EXCEPT:
A. A reader's interpretation of a poem by Dickinson is affected by someone else's interpretation of it.
B. A modern reader and a nineteenth-century reader interpret one of Shakespeare's sonnets in the same way.
C. A reader's interpretation of a poem evolves over time.
D. Two readers from the same era arrive at different interpretations of the same poem.
E. A reader's enjoyment of a poem is
enhanced by knowing the poet's interpretation of it.
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Although option B was a clear winner for me, I want to understand a few nuances w.r.t option A and E.
FIRST: When we say that a reader's interpretation is affected or enhance by someone else's/poet's interpretation, are we implying that their interpretation influences reader's "system of beliefs" and hence his/her interpretation or understanding of the meaning? And that's is the reason option A and E
could be true ?
SECOND: In option E, the use of word "enhanced" is alright since the question stem asks for a
could be true statement and not
must be true statement?
Thanks,
Can anyone explain E and B please