Comment by js2
2 days ago
Why not?
> Because even as this poem is about what it’s like to be a turtle, it’s also about what it’s like for a turtle to be a metaphor. And — you could say therefore — about how looking at (or as) a turtle illuminates what it’s like to be a person, a woman, a poet.
No good reason! I'm genuinely curious.
I think maybe the reason is more arbitrary, as here look at this 90s author's symbolism, it's not just the old classics that are readable in-depth; contemporary style etc
I thought it was answered by the article and the line I quoted. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯