tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20478179.post673955752319407008..comments2023-05-21T09:56:08.892-04:00Comments on A. Hello Whiskey: When a Rose Is Not a RoseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20478179.post-7997074837623684582012-01-02T07:52:46.379-05:002012-01-02T07:52:46.379-05:00OK, a P.S. here. The simile discussed above, from...OK, a P.S. here. The simile discussed above, from a poem by Robert Burns, is comparing the beauty of a rose to the beauty of "his love," the speaker's lover, not the abstract concept of love. It most likely had nothing to do with thorns or pain. The hypothesis I wove in is intended to show that there are layers of meaning in poems, that poets may subconsciously write them in, even when they don't mean to, and that if you can show a logical reason to support your ideas, it at least shows you're thinking. <br /><br />The Warren Report says Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman, but that doesn't stop people from speculating about conspiracy, even though it's almost fifty years in the past.Nunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419856027815155595noreply@blogger.com