Similes Pro versus Con

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That's a crock of shit. You might as well use the enigma code, as a poem, for conveying a thought or message.

If I write a poem and you read it......you decide what my message was. How do you know if you're right? How do I know if the message you got is the one I meant?
If each reader of a poem takes away a different message, what they got from reading it, then it's not a communication...it's entertainment.

OK, back to the similies....I feel better.

brucie-pie, with poetry some readings are more defendable than others. Some opinions are "more correct" (HA!) Ya know?