Literary DegreesTo some degree every text you read is a mirror reflecting your mind In another sense each text is opaque merely hinting at an author's design To some degree readers are vacuum cleaners scooping up semantic debris In another sense they're planters dispersing precious word-seeds Literature can be viewed so many ways: but instead of reading about it why not open a text then discover what it has to say? |
Jack: | (coughing) Hey, whad'z dis old dork sayin'? Kun ya muck any sense ah dis? |
Juanita: | Some sort ah post-modernist wank I reckon – do ya really wanna understand it? |
Jack: | (winking mischievously) To some degree. . . |