Simple.

I've kind of had it with everyone's love of complexity.  I may come off a little ignorant/arrogant with that comment , but really, I must of missed the train that made everyone exceptional literary philosiphers and analysts.  No offense, but I'm elated that I did though.

I take pleasure from listening to the story as told by the writer, not delving into the inner meanings on beliefs.  I will always be able to apply a writers work to my own life if he expresses himself well enough.  By digging into each word an sylable I think much of the true personal meaning is lost on a never ending search at what the writer truly meant. We will never be able to understand all of the niches included in such dense writing at poetry.  The writier understands this; he writes to the reader understanding that most people that come b his writing will only see it briefly.  I think there are other parts to the writing that we read more important than some strictly definged literary devices.

Comments

[ben L]

Power to the people. I am tired of the deeper meanings. Sometimes its nice to look into the meaning have a bit of introspection but please cant we just listne and enjoy a story. Some ideas I think like are sometimes better to take a face value. But being the devils advocate sometimes its nice to find a lesson or meaning.

[John K.]

I think you raise a very interesting point, that sometimes we pick apart a piece of art to the extent of which we ruin the artists initial meaning. Howvever I believe that in many cases the reader is ignorant with a breif glance at a poem and must devote time and effort to pick apart the true meaning of some poems. But as you said, it is sometimes nice just to read a poem of literary piece just for what it is staightforward saying!

[abbyp]

Word. Sometimes, there might not be a deeper meaning to a poem or work- maybe, what's written on the surface is really what the author was trying to say. I know, crazy right? I don't really like it when we spend so much time pinpointing one reference or line in a poem and making assumptions that go off into crazy literary references.

[Brett N]

I know exactly what you are saying. Picking a book apart to find the meaning of it takes away from my enjoyment of it. I find it hard to really get into a book when you have to constantly look for a deeper meaning. Maybe this is just because I am not good at finding the underlying theme of some of the things though. Maybe I am just a shallow reader who only looks for entertainment while reading instead of working out the complex inner meanings of the book.