Comment by ghaff

Th "unconventional" interpretation being discussed here isn't new. I heard it from a college English professor in probably 1982 or so. Maybe it was unconventional then. Don't know. But my sense is that it's mostly not especially controversial today. As you say it's a pretty reasonable straight reading of a not especially complex short poem. Just not a reading that speaks to how a lot of people would prefer to read it.