![]() ![]() ‘Flying Crooked’ appears to be little more than a description of a butterfly but reveals itself to be a profound observation on the meaning of life and how it should be lived. It is only on reconsideration or over time that the intricacy and depth of meaning becomes apparent, and you are astonished at how much the work contains. ![]() As a result, his poetry has am illusory simplicity so often a poem appears to have limited content. She encouraged him to simplify his poetry, to strip it of artifice. Robert Graves had a long relationship with the poet Laura Riding. It’s only on re-reading it or letting it settle in the mind that you realise that what appeared to have little complexity is, in fact, complex and examining several facets of what you took it to be about. Sometimes a poem can seem, on initial reading, to be simple, to have limited substance. It is at its best when it is concise, when it portrays something with minimal words and much beauty. ![]()
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